Wheat Subsidies** in Thomas County, Kansas totaled $130 million from 1995-2011.
Counties in Thomas County, Kansas Receiving wheat subsidies**, 1995-2011
| Rank | County | Wheat Subsidies** 1995-2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumner County, Kansas | $208,286,753 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| 2 | Thomas County, Kansas | $130,489,941 | 2.3% | 6.1% |
| 3 | Harper County, Kansas | $129,783,747 | 2.3% | 8.4% |
| 4 | Sherman County, Kansas | $117,346,487 | 2.1% | 10.5% |
| 5 | Reno County, Kansas | $113,035,932 | 2.0% | 12.6% |
| 6 | Finney County, Kansas | $108,883,078 | 2.0% | 14.5% |
| 7 | Ford County, Kansas | $103,655,987 | 1.9% | 16.4% |
| 8 | Mitchell County, Kansas | $102,684,314 | 1.8% | 18.2% |
| 9 | McPherson County, Kansas | $101,909,947 | 1.8% | 20.1% |
| 10 | Rawlins County, Kansas | $99,340,473 | 1.8% | 21.9% |
| 11 | Kingman County, Kansas | $97,553,760 | 1.8% | 23.6% |
| 12 | Greeley County, Kansas | $93,537,029 | 1.7% | 25.3% |
| 13 | Sedgwick County, Kansas | $93,529,675 | 1.7% | 27.0% |
| 14 | Barton County, Kansas | $92,102,638 | 1.7% | 28.6% |
| 15 | Scott County, Kansas | $89,245,821 | 1.6% | 30.2% |
| 16 | Cheyenne County, Kansas | $87,612,651 | 1.6% | 31.8% |
| 17 | Logan County, Kansas | $87,537,631 | 1.6% | 33.4% |
| 18 | Gray County, Kansas | $87,295,404 | 1.6% | 35.0% |
| 19 | Ness County, Kansas | $82,495,267 | 1.5% | 36.4% |
| 20 | Dickinson County, Kansas | $81,728,373 | 1.5% | 37.9% |
| 21 | Rice County, Kansas | $81,048,629 | 1.5% | 39.4% |
| 22 | Wichita County, Kansas | $80,505,306 | 1.4% | 40.8% |
| 23 | Smith County, Kansas | $79,807,300 | 1.4% | 42.3% |
| 24 | Jewell County, Kansas | $78,499,642 | 1.4% | 43.7% |
| 25 | Gove County, Kansas | $78,168,628 | 1.4% | 45.1% |
| 26 | Pratt County, Kansas | $77,274,926 | 1.4% | 46.5% |
| 27 | Hamilton County, Kansas | $76,543,699 | 1.4% | 47.8% |
| 28 | Stanton County, Kansas | $74,624,364 | 1.3% | 49.2% |
| 29 | Pawnee County, Kansas | $74,493,769 | 1.3% | 50.5% |
| 30 | Osborne County, Kansas | $73,346,079 | 1.3% | 51.8% |
| 31 | Saline County, Kansas | $72,710,841 | 1.3% | 53.2% |
| 32 | Sheridan County, Kansas | $72,546,970 | 1.3% | 54.5% |
| 33 | Decatur County, Kansas | $72,492,207 | 1.3% | 55.8% |
| 34 | Stafford County, Kansas | $71,809,454 | 1.3% | 57.1% |
| 35 | Norton County, Kansas | $70,841,268 | 1.3% | 58.3% |
| 36 | Ottawa County, Kansas | $70,310,453 | 1.3% | 59.6% |
| 37 | Cloud County, Kansas | $70,279,047 | 1.3% | 60.9% |
| 38 | Lane County, Kansas | $69,354,960 | 1.2% | 62.1% |
| 39 | Haskell County, Kansas | $67,476,741 | 1.2% | 63.3% |
| 40 | Rush County, Kansas | $66,621,377 | 1.2% | 64.5% |
| 41 | Rooks County, Kansas | $64,915,277 | 1.2% | 65.7% |
| 42 | Barber County, Kansas | $64,765,795 | 1.2% | 66.8% |
| 43 | Kearny County, Kansas | $64,119,807 | 1.2% | 68.0% |
| 44 | Hodgeman County, Kansas | $62,481,506 | 1.1% | 69.1% |
| 45 | Lincoln County, Kansas | $62,207,063 | 1.1% | 70.2% |
| 46 | Phillips County, Kansas | $62,110,430 | 1.1% | 71.4% |
| 47 | Graham County, Kansas | $59,860,065 | 1.1% | 72.4% |
| 48 | Ellis County, Kansas | $59,706,610 | 1.1% | 73.5% |
| 49 | Marion County, Kansas | $59,196,670 | 1.1% | 74.6% |
| 50 | Wallace County, Kansas | $58,466,535 | 1.1% | 75.6% |
| 51 | Russell County, Kansas | $58,024,933 | 1.0% | 76.7% |
| 52 | Cowley County, Kansas | $57,326,798 | 1.0% | 77.7% |
| 53 | Trego County, Kansas | $55,315,145 | 1.0% | 78.7% |
| 54 | Grant County, Kansas | $55,270,648 | 1.0% | 79.7% |
| 55 | Republic County, Kansas | $54,897,120 | 1.0% | 80.7% |
| 56 | Ellsworth County, Kansas | $54,066,154 | 1.0% | 81.6% |
| 57 | Harvey County, Kansas | $53,933,309 | 1.0% | 82.6% |
| 58 | Meade County, Kansas | $51,241,436 | 0.9% | 83.5% |
| 59 | Edwards County, Kansas | $50,891,398 | 0.9% | 84.5% |
| 60 | Washington County, Kansas | $50,668,507 | 0.9% | 85.4% |
| 61 | Stevens County, Kansas | $49,564,726 | 0.9% | 86.3% |
| 62 | Clay County, Kansas | $48,732,728 | 0.9% | 87.1% |
| 63 | Marshall County, Kansas | $45,353,785 | 0.8% | 88.0% |
| 64 | Morton County, Kansas | $42,526,028 | 0.8% | 88.7% |
| 65 | Seward County, Kansas | $40,598,593 | 0.7% | 89.4% |
| 66 | Clark County, Kansas | $40,015,386 | 0.7% | 90.2% |
| 67 | Kiowa County, Kansas | $37,801,663 | 0.7% | 90.8% |
| 68 | Cherokee County, Kansas | $36,081,647 | 0.6% | 91.5% |
| 69 | Labette County, Kansas | $33,823,324 | 0.6% | 92.1% |
| 70 | Butler County, Kansas | $31,237,152 | 0.6% | 92.7% |
| 71 | Comanche County, Kansas | $29,929,279 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| 72 | Montgomery County, Kansas | $26,250,100 | 0.5% | 93.7% |
| 73 | Wilson County, Kansas | $23,976,400 | 0.4% | 94.1% |
| 74 | Neosho County, Kansas | $22,997,617 | 0.4% | 94.5% |
| 75 | Morris County, Kansas | $21,612,147 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 76 | Nemaha County, Kansas | $20,692,672 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 77 | Crawford County, Kansas | $20,007,217 | 0.4% | 95.6% |
| 78 | Allen County, Kansas | $18,829,513 | 0.3% | 96.0% |
| 79 | Brown County, Kansas | $17,606,257 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 80 | Coffey County, Kansas | $15,470,412 | 0.3% | 96.6% |
| 81 | Anderson County, Kansas | $14,068,662 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 82 | Lyon County, Kansas | $14,036,229 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 83 | Riley County, Kansas | $11,733,218 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 84 | Woodson County, Kansas | $11,101,984 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 85 | Pottawatomie County, Kansas | $10,574,922 | 0.2% | 97.7% |
| 86 | Linn County, Kansas | $10,278,020 | 0.2% | 97.9% |
| 87 | Osage County, Kansas | $10,235,773 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 88 | Geary County, Kansas | $9,676,601 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 89 | Bourbon County, Kansas | $9,292,215 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 90 | Franklin County, Kansas | $8,825,790 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 91 | Jackson County, Kansas | $8,312,710 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 92 | Chase County, Kansas | $7,046,148 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 93 | Wabaunsee County, Kansas | $6,957,412 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 94 | Atchison County, Kansas | $6,580,770 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 95 | Greenwood County, Kansas | $6,139,217 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 96 | Shawnee County, Kansas | $6,014,020 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 97 | Douglas County, Kansas | $5,842,443 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 98 | Miami County, Kansas | $5,682,734 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 99 | Elk County, Kansas | $5,403,158 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 100 | Jefferson County, Kansas | $5,346,253 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 101 | Doniphan County, Kansas | $5,265,705 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 102 | Chautauqua County, Kansas | $4,649,191 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 103 | Johnson County, Kansas | $4,385,110 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 104 | Leavenworth County, Kansas | $3,149,449 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 105 | Wyandotte County, Kansas | $252,407 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
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.
