Corn Subsidies** in Sioux County, Iowa totaled $11.9 million in 2011
Counties in Sioux County, Iowa Receiving corn subsidies**, 2011
| Rank | County | Corn Subsidies** 2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $15,872,893 | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| 2 | Clinton County, Iowa | $13,660,067 | 1.9% | 4.0% |
| 3 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $12,485,505 | 1.7% | 5.7% |
| 4 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $11,964,358 | 1.6% | 7.4% |
| 5 | Sioux County, Iowa | $11,926,623 | 1.6% | 9.0% |
| 6 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $11,633,543 | 1.6% | 10.6% |
| 7 | Fayette County, Iowa | $11,023,600 | 1.5% | 12.1% |
| 8 | Crawford County, Iowa | $11,019,099 | 1.5% | 13.6% |
| 9 | Benton County, Iowa | $10,909,381 | 1.5% | 15.0% |
| 10 | Delaware County, Iowa | $10,607,668 | 1.4% | 16.5% |
| 11 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $10,581,897 | 1.4% | 17.9% |
| 12 | Franklin County, Iowa | $10,546,903 | 1.4% | 19.4% |
| 13 | Tama County, Iowa | $10,513,496 | 1.4% | 20.8% |
| 14 | Cedar County, Iowa | $10,338,098 | 1.4% | 22.2% |
| 15 | Hancock County, Iowa | $10,334,693 | 1.4% | 23.6% |
| 16 | Monona County, Iowa | $9,903,307 | 1.3% | 25.0% |
| 17 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $9,640,154 | 1.3% | 26.3% |
| 18 | Butler County, Iowa | $9,607,674 | 1.3% | 27.6% |
| 19 | Harrison County, Iowa | $9,543,774 | 1.3% | 28.9% |
| 20 | Hardin County, Iowa | $9,289,148 | 1.3% | 30.2% |
| 21 | Jasper County, Iowa | $9,285,329 | 1.3% | 31.4% |
| 22 | Webster County, Iowa | $9,143,589 | 1.2% | 32.7% |
| 23 | Wright County, Iowa | $9,112,350 | 1.2% | 33.9% |
| 24 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $9,001,601 | 1.2% | 35.1% |
| 25 | Sac County, Iowa | $8,976,263 | 1.2% | 36.4% |
| 26 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $8,917,462 | 1.2% | 37.6% |
| 27 | Shelby County, Iowa | $8,814,471 | 1.2% | 38.8% |
| 28 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $8,804,689 | 1.2% | 40.0% |
| 29 | Linn County, Iowa | $8,743,779 | 1.2% | 41.2% |
| 30 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $8,605,570 | 1.2% | 42.3% |
| 31 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $8,601,566 | 1.2% | 43.5% |
| 32 | Jones County, Iowa | $8,588,640 | 1.2% | 44.7% |
| 33 | Carroll County, Iowa | $8,538,361 | 1.2% | 45.8% |
| 34 | Washington County, Iowa | $8,530,429 | 1.2% | 47.0% |
| 35 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $8,381,554 | 1.1% | 48.1% |
| 36 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $8,337,943 | 1.1% | 49.3% |
| 37 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $8,265,893 | 1.1% | 50.4% |
| 38 | Clayton County, Iowa | $8,121,709 | 1.1% | 51.5% |
| 39 | Greene County, Iowa | $7,941,152 | 1.1% | 52.6% |
| 40 | Scott County, Iowa | $7,934,326 | 1.1% | 53.7% |
| 41 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $7,890,383 | 1.1% | 54.7% |
| 42 | Fremont County, Iowa | $7,825,187 | 1.1% | 55.8% |
| 43 | Floyd County, Iowa | $7,815,389 | 1.1% | 56.9% |
| 44 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $7,797,478 | 1.1% | 57.9% |
| 45 | Grundy County, Iowa | $7,796,035 | 1.1% | 59.0% |
| 46 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $7,750,526 | 1.1% | 60.1% |
| 47 | Boone County, Iowa | $7,705,961 | 1.0% | 61.1% |
| 48 | Iowa County, Iowa | $7,690,969 | 1.0% | 62.1% |
| 49 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $7,574,382 | 1.0% | 63.2% |
| 50 | Clay County, Iowa | $7,436,524 | 1.0% | 64.2% |
| 51 | Bremer County, Iowa | $7,355,900 | 1.0% | 65.2% |
| 52 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $7,351,919 | 1.0% | 66.2% |
| 53 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $7,340,806 | 1.0% | 67.2% |
| 54 | Story County, Iowa | $7,197,297 | 1.0% | 68.2% |
| 55 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $7,167,187 | 1.0% | 69.2% |
| 56 | Marshall County, Iowa | $7,129,083 | 1.0% | 70.1% |
| 57 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $7,021,212 | 1.0% | 71.1% |
| 58 | Howard County, Iowa | $7,016,375 | 1.0% | 72.0% |
| 59 | Cass County, Iowa | $6,967,181 | 0.9% | 73.0% |
| 60 | Dallas County, Iowa | $6,857,958 | 0.9% | 73.9% |
| 61 | Jackson County, Iowa | $6,796,411 | 0.9% | 74.8% |
| 62 | Johnson County, Iowa | $6,708,731 | 0.9% | 75.8% |
| 63 | Lyon County, Iowa | $6,520,812 | 0.9% | 76.6% |
| 64 | Worth County, Iowa | $6,450,322 | 0.9% | 77.5% |
| 65 | Ida County, Iowa | $6,376,957 | 0.9% | 78.4% |
| 66 | Page County, Iowa | $6,130,599 | 0.8% | 79.2% |
| 67 | Emmet County, Iowa | $6,081,473 | 0.8% | 80.1% |
| 68 | Mills County, Iowa | $5,815,363 | 0.8% | 80.8% |
| 69 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $5,659,088 | 0.8% | 81.6% |
| 70 | Henry County, Iowa | $5,625,146 | 0.8% | 82.4% |
| 71 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $5,619,266 | 0.8% | 83.2% |
| 72 | Audubon County, Iowa | $5,557,615 | 0.8% | 83.9% |
| 73 | Louisa County, Iowa | $5,453,574 | 0.7% | 84.7% |
| 74 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $5,341,326 | 0.7% | 85.4% |
| 75 | Adair County, Iowa | $5,328,295 | 0.7% | 86.1% |
| 76 | Osceola County, Iowa | $5,306,345 | 0.7% | 86.8% |
| 77 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $5,203,133 | 0.7% | 87.5% |
| 78 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $5,090,593 | 0.7% | 88.2% |
| 79 | Taylor County, Iowa | $5,056,369 | 0.7% | 88.9% |
| 80 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $4,918,258 | 0.7% | 89.6% |
| 81 | Warren County, Iowa | $4,771,146 | 0.6% | 90.2% |
| 82 | Polk County, Iowa | $4,738,069 | 0.6% | 90.9% |
| 83 | Lee County, Iowa | $4,715,865 | 0.6% | 91.5% |
| 84 | Marion County, Iowa | $4,698,109 | 0.6% | 92.2% |
| 85 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $4,642,311 | 0.6% | 92.8% |
| 86 | Wayne County, Iowa | $4,639,054 | 0.6% | 93.4% |
| 87 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $4,537,426 | 0.6% | 94.0% |
| 88 | Madison County, Iowa | $4,372,667 | 0.6% | 94.6% |
| 89 | Adams County, Iowa | $4,044,010 | 0.6% | 95.2% |
| 90 | Wapello County, Iowa | $3,902,416 | 0.5% | 95.7% |
| 91 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $3,843,422 | 0.5% | 96.2% |
| 92 | Union County, Iowa | $3,691,351 | 0.5% | 96.8% |
| 93 | Clarke County, Iowa | $3,348,395 | 0.5% | 97.2% |
| 94 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $3,022,508 | 0.4% | 97.6% |
| 95 | Davis County, Iowa | $2,917,524 | 0.4% | 98.0% |
| 96 | Decatur County, Iowa | $2,757,414 | 0.4% | 98.4% |
| 97 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $2,735,239 | 0.4% | 98.8% |
| 98 | Monroe County, Iowa | $2,668,835 | 0.4% | 99.1% |
| 99 | Lucas County, Iowa | $2,538,546 | 0.3% | 99.5% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011 is incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
