| Rank |
County |
Emergency Conservation
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Atchison County, Missouri | $2,198,151 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| 2 | Saline County, Missouri | $2,012,024 | 3.7% | 7.8% |
| 3 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $1,944,086 | 3.6% | 11.4% |
| 4 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $1,747,216 | 3.2% | 14.6% |
| 5 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $1,727,042 | 3.2% | 17.8% |
| 6 | Chariton County, Missouri | $1,429,669 | 2.6% | 20.5% |
| 7 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $1,238,141 | 2.3% | 22.8% |
| 8 | Polk County, Missouri | $1,184,985 | 2.2% | 25.0% |
| 9 | Franklin County, Missouri | $1,008,087 | 1.9% | 26.8% |
| 10 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $1,006,778 | 1.9% | 28.7% |
| 11 | Christian County, Missouri | $1,006,034 | 1.9% | 30.6% |
| 12 | Cedar County, Missouri | $961,119 | 1.8% | 32.3% |
| 13 | Ray County, Missouri | $956,878 | 1.8% | 34.1% |
| 14 | Newton County, Missouri | $938,188 | 1.7% | 35.8% |
| 15 | Barry County, Missouri | $935,168 | 1.7% | 37.6% |
| 16 | Carroll County, Missouri | $915,439 | 1.7% | 39.3% |
| 17 | Wright County, Missouri | $879,220 | 1.6% | 40.9% |
| 18 | Holt County, Missouri | $876,439 | 1.6% | 42.5% |
| 19 | Madison County, Missouri | $822,308 | 1.5% | 44.0% |
| 20 | Knox County, Missouri | $799,029 | 1.5% | 45.5% |
| 21 | Perry County, Missouri | $797,141 | 1.5% | 47.0% |
| 22 | Howard County, Missouri | $746,297 | 1.4% | 48.4% |
| 23 | Callaway County, Missouri | $743,132 | 1.4% | 49.8% |
| 24 | Adair County, Missouri | $738,848 | 1.4% | 51.1% |
| 25 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $720,218 | 1.3% | 52.5% |
| 26 | Warren County, Missouri | $699,604 | 1.3% | 53.8% |
| 27 | Howell County, Missouri | $693,271 | 1.3% | 55.0% |
| 28 | Pettis County, Missouri | $680,477 | 1.3% | 56.3% |
| 29 | Livingston County, Missouri | $678,344 | 1.3% | 57.6% |
| 30 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $671,022 | 1.2% | 58.8% |
| 31 | Dallas County, Missouri | $644,139 | 1.2% | 60.0% |
| 32 | Oregon County, Missouri | $629,005 | 1.2% | 61.2% |
| 33 | Scotland County, Missouri | $624,245 | 1.2% | 62.3% |
| 34 | Ripley County, Missouri | $614,137 | 1.1% | 63.4% |
| 35 | Greene County, Missouri | $597,387 | 1.1% | 64.6% |
| 36 | Laclede County, Missouri | $554,317 | 1.0% | 65.6% |
| 37 | Cole County, Missouri | $530,866 | 1.0% | 66.6% |
| 38 | Johnson County, Missouri | $497,714 | 0.9% | 67.5% |
| 39 | Hickory County, Missouri | $471,587 | 0.9% | 68.4% |
| 40 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $467,626 | 0.9% | 69.2% |
| 41 | Phelps County, Missouri | $466,262 | 0.9% | 70.1% |
| 42 | Dade County, Missouri | $456,656 | 0.8% | 70.9% |
| 43 | Boone County, Missouri | $445,048 | 0.8% | 71.8% |
| 44 | Putnam County, Missouri | $435,714 | 0.8% | 72.6% |
| 45 | Webster County, Missouri | $432,191 | 0.8% | 73.4% |
| 46 | | $429,946 | 0.8% | 74.2% |
| 47 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $425,801 | 0.8% | 74.9% |
| 48 | Saint Louis County, Missouri | $413,294 | 0.8% | 75.7% |
| 49 | Texas County, Missouri | $411,546 | 0.8% | 76.5% |
| 50 | Miller County, Missouri | $400,480 | 0.7% | 77.2% |
| 51 | Osage County, Missouri | $394,106 | 0.7% | 77.9% |
| 52 | Macon County, Missouri | $387,220 | 0.7% | 78.7% |
| 53 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $378,716 | 0.7% | 79.4% |
| 54 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $378,360 | 0.7% | 80.1% |
| 55 | Butler County, Missouri | $365,256 | 0.7% | 80.7% |
| 56 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $364,214 | 0.7% | 81.4% |
| 57 | Linn County, Missouri | $351,870 | 0.7% | 82.1% |
| 58 | Monroe County, Missouri | $343,215 | 0.6% | 82.7% |
| 59 | Stone County, Missouri | $339,201 | 0.6% | 83.3% |
| 60 | Vernon County, Missouri | $337,432 | 0.6% | 84.0% |
| 61 | Cooper County, Missouri | $336,055 | 0.6% | 84.6% |
| 62 | Scott County, Missouri | $320,623 | 0.6% | 85.2% |
| 63 | Ozark County, Missouri | $318,659 | 0.6% | 85.8% |
| 64 | Clark County, Missouri | $304,692 | 0.6% | 86.3% |
| 65 | Platte County, Missouri | $286,540 | 0.5% | 86.9% |
| 66 | Shannon County, Missouri | $277,968 | 0.5% | 87.4% |
| 67 | Pike County, Missouri | $268,714 | 0.5% | 87.9% |
| 68 | Benton County, Missouri | $265,762 | 0.5% | 88.4% |
| 69 | Lewis County, Missouri | $261,248 | 0.5% | 88.8% |
| 70 | Morgan County, Missouri | $256,846 | 0.5% | 89.3% |
| 71 | Henry County, Missouri | $224,698 | 0.4% | 89.7% |
| 72 | Grundy County, Missouri | $223,754 | 0.4% | 90.2% |
| 73 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $213,301 | 0.4% | 90.5% |
| 74 | Harrison County, Missouri | $209,304 | 0.4% | 90.9% |
| 75 | McDonald County, Missouri | $208,851 | 0.4% | 91.3% |
| 76 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $206,180 | 0.4% | 91.7% |
| 77 | Camden County, Missouri | $204,021 | 0.4% | 92.1% |
| 78 | Maries County, Missouri | $199,566 | 0.4% | 92.5% |
| 79 | Clay County, Missouri | $194,122 | 0.4% | 92.8% |
| 80 | Marion County, Missouri | $192,464 | 0.4% | 93.2% |
| 81 | Wayne County, Missouri | $188,074 | 0.3% | 93.5% |
| 82 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $186,724 | 0.3% | 93.9% |
| 83 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $179,823 | 0.3% | 94.2% |
| 84 | Andrew County, Missouri | $167,303 | 0.3% | 94.5% |
| 85 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $163,093 | 0.3% | 94.8% |
| 86 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $161,864 | 0.3% | 95.1% |
| 87 | Taney County, Missouri | $160,391 | 0.3% | 95.4% |
| 88 | Gentry County, Missouri | $155,523 | 0.3% | 95.7% |
| 89 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $154,673 | 0.3% | 96.0% |
| 90 | Dent County, Missouri | $153,777 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 91 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $149,485 | 0.3% | 96.5% |
| 92 | Iron County, Missouri | $143,431 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 93 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $142,788 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 94 | Barton County, Missouri | $134,017 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 95 | Bates County, Missouri | $133,375 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 96 | Daviess County, Missouri | $131,060 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 97 | Ralls County, Missouri | $119,537 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 98 | Douglas County, Missouri | $111,929 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 99 | Worth County, Missouri | $105,281 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 100 | Washington County, Missouri | $102,159 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 101 | Jasper County, Missouri | $92,157 | 0.2% | 98.8% |
| 102 | Carter County, Missouri | $90,436 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 103 | Clinton County, Missouri | $88,257 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 104 | Jackson County, Missouri | $82,622 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 105 | Crawford County, Missouri | $79,054 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 106 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $76,539 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 107 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $74,015 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 108 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $73,253 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 109 | Mercer County, Missouri | $30,964 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 110 | Randolph County, Missouri | $19,821 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 111 | Shelby County, Missouri | $14,933 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 112 | Audrain County, Missouri | $14,908 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 113 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $9,308 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are 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 or 2012 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.
