| Rank |
County |
Agricultural Conservation Program
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Clinton County, Missouri | $393,088 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| 2 | Dallas County, Missouri | $291,960 | 2.8% | 6.5% |
| 3 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $282,289 | 2.7% | 9.1% |
| 4 | Ralls County, Missouri | $238,064 | 2.2% | 11.4% |
| 5 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $236,737 | 2.2% | 13.6% |
| 6 | Saline County, Missouri | $236,732 | 2.2% | 15.9% |
| 7 | Atchison County, Missouri | $219,626 | 2.1% | 17.9% |
| 8 | Linn County, Missouri | $181,523 | 1.7% | 19.6% |
| 9 | Bates County, Missouri | $179,287 | 1.7% | 21.3% |
| 10 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $173,204 | 1.6% | 23.0% |
| 11 | Holt County, Missouri | $172,021 | 1.6% | 24.6% |
| 12 | Monroe County, Missouri | $166,831 | 1.6% | 26.2% |
| 13 | Knox County, Missouri | $165,680 | 1.6% | 27.7% |
| 14 | Daviess County, Missouri | $159,689 | 1.5% | 29.2% |
| 15 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $155,616 | 1.5% | 30.7% |
| 16 | Scotland County, Missouri | $155,345 | 1.5% | 32.2% |
| 17 | Chariton County, Missouri | $153,534 | 1.4% | 33.6% |
| 18 | Newton County, Missouri | $153,109 | 1.4% | 35.1% |
| 19 | Gentry County, Missouri | $153,041 | 1.4% | 36.5% |
| 20 | Butler County, Missouri | $146,666 | 1.4% | 37.9% |
| 21 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $142,290 | 1.3% | 39.2% |
| 22 | Carroll County, Missouri | $141,375 | 1.3% | 40.6% |
| 23 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $139,718 | 1.3% | 41.9% |
| 24 | Lewis County, Missouri | $139,563 | 1.3% | 43.2% |
| 25 | Dade County, Missouri | $137,196 | 1.3% | 44.5% |
| 26 | Andrew County, Missouri | $136,198 | 1.3% | 45.8% |
| 27 | Livingston County, Missouri | $136,108 | 1.3% | 47.1% |
| 28 | Harrison County, Missouri | $133,709 | 1.3% | 48.3% |
| 29 | Callaway County, Missouri | $129,905 | 1.2% | 49.6% |
| 30 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $129,250 | 1.2% | 50.8% |
| 31 | Polk County, Missouri | $124,995 | 1.2% | 52.0% |
| 32 | Ripley County, Missouri | $124,805 | 1.2% | 53.2% |
| 33 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $119,164 | 1.1% | 54.3% |
| 34 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $117,020 | 1.1% | 55.4% |
| 35 | Macon County, Missouri | $116,359 | 1.1% | 56.5% |
| 36 | Osage County, Missouri | $111,977 | 1.1% | 57.5% |
| 37 | Cooper County, Missouri | $109,350 | 1.0% | 58.6% |
| 38 | Wright County, Missouri | $106,228 | 1.0% | 59.6% |
| 39 | Vernon County, Missouri | $102,974 | 1.0% | 60.5% |
| 40 | Barry County, Missouri | $102,292 | 1.0% | 61.5% |
| 41 | Johnson County, Missouri | $101,987 | 1.0% | 62.5% |
| 42 | Worth County, Missouri | $100,500 | 0.9% | 63.4% |
| 43 | Wayne County, Missouri | $99,816 | 0.9% | 64.4% |
| 44 | Audrain County, Missouri | $95,661 | 0.9% | 65.3% |
| 45 | Mercer County, Missouri | $94,268 | 0.9% | 66.2% |
| 46 | Putnam County, Missouri | $92,420 | 0.9% | 67.0% |
| 47 | Howell County, Missouri | $88,728 | 0.8% | 67.9% |
| 48 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $88,687 | 0.8% | 68.7% |
| 49 | Webster County, Missouri | $87,938 | 0.8% | 69.5% |
| 50 | Jasper County, Missouri | $87,095 | 0.8% | 70.4% |
| 51 | Christian County, Missouri | $85,760 | 0.8% | 71.2% |
| 52 | Texas County, Missouri | $85,255 | 0.8% | 72.0% |
| 53 | Greene County, Missouri | $83,944 | 0.8% | 72.8% |
| 54 | Franklin County, Missouri | $83,866 | 0.8% | 73.6% |
| 55 | Cass County, Missouri | $83,538 | 0.8% | 74.3% |
| 56 | Shelby County, Missouri | $81,451 | 0.8% | 75.1% |
| 57 | Douglas County, Missouri | $76,836 | 0.7% | 75.8% |
| 58 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $75,651 | 0.7% | 76.6% |
| 59 | Scott County, Missouri | $75,269 | 0.7% | 77.3% |
| 60 | Oregon County, Missouri | $74,191 | 0.7% | 78.0% |
| 61 | Boone County, Missouri | $72,103 | 0.7% | 78.6% |
| 62 | Barton County, Missouri | $68,325 | 0.6% | 79.3% |
| 63 | Ray County, Missouri | $67,910 | 0.6% | 79.9% |
| 64 | Madison County, Missouri | $63,753 | 0.6% | 80.5% |
| 65 | Shannon County, Missouri | $63,452 | 0.6% | 81.1% |
| 66 | Randolph County, Missouri | $62,819 | 0.6% | 81.7% |
| 67 | Pettis County, Missouri | $62,670 | 0.6% | 82.3% |
| 68 | Adair County, Missouri | $59,710 | 0.6% | 82.9% |
| 69 | Clark County, Missouri | $59,105 | 0.6% | 83.4% |
| 70 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $58,333 | 0.6% | 84.0% |
| 71 | Cole County, Missouri | $56,279 | 0.5% | 84.5% |
| 72 | Camden County, Missouri | $55,427 | 0.5% | 85.0% |
| 73 | Miller County, Missouri | $55,202 | 0.5% | 85.6% |
| 74 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $55,126 | 0.5% | 86.1% |
| 75 | Pike County, Missouri | $55,122 | 0.5% | 86.6% |
| 76 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $54,254 | 0.5% | 87.1% |
| 77 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $52,301 | 0.5% | 87.6% |
| 78 | Henry County, Missouri | $51,521 | 0.5% | 88.1% |
| 79 | Cedar County, Missouri | $51,253 | 0.5% | 88.6% |
| 80 | Perry County, Missouri | $49,868 | 0.5% | 89.1% |
| 81 | Ozark County, Missouri | $49,015 | 0.5% | 89.5% |
| 82 | Dent County, Missouri | $48,858 | 0.5% | 90.0% |
| 83 | Benton County, Missouri | $48,792 | 0.5% | 90.4% |
| 84 | Howard County, Missouri | $48,352 | 0.5% | 90.9% |
| 85 | Stone County, Missouri | $48,338 | 0.5% | 91.4% |
| 86 | Laclede County, Missouri | $48,236 | 0.5% | 91.8% |
| 87 | Hickory County, Missouri | $48,017 | 0.5% | 92.3% |
| 88 | Grundy County, Missouri | $47,888 | 0.5% | 92.7% |
| 89 | | $46,597 | 0.4% | 93.2% |
| 90 | Phelps County, Missouri | $45,811 | 0.4% | 93.6% |
| 91 | Warren County, Missouri | $45,384 | 0.4% | 94.0% |
| 92 | Clay County, Missouri | $43,391 | 0.4% | 94.4% |
| 93 | Morgan County, Missouri | $41,006 | 0.4% | 94.8% |
| 94 | Marion County, Missouri | $40,754 | 0.4% | 95.2% |
| 95 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $39,986 | 0.4% | 95.6% |
| 96 | Taney County, Missouri | $38,829 | 0.4% | 95.9% |
| 97 | Maries County, Missouri | $38,317 | 0.4% | 96.3% |
| 98 | Crawford County, Missouri | $38,035 | 0.4% | 96.7% |
| 99 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $37,678 | 0.4% | 97.0% |
| 100 | McDonald County, Missouri | $37,641 | 0.4% | 97.4% |
| 101 | Platte County, Missouri | $34,232 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 102 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $30,494 | 0.3% | 98.0% |
| 103 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $27,107 | 0.3% | 98.2% |
| 104 | Jackson County, Missouri | $27,084 | 0.3% | 98.5% |
| 105 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $26,378 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 106 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $24,225 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 107 | Iron County, Missouri | $21,390 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 108 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $21,043 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 109 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $20,798 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 110 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $18,717 | 0.2% | 99.7% |
| 111 | Carter County, Missouri | $16,856 | 0.2% | 99.9% |
| 112 | Washington County, Missouri | $9,875 | 0.1% | 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.
