| Rank |
County |
Conservation Reserve Program
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Harrison County, Missouri | $86,188,365 | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| 2 | Linn County, Missouri | $69,154,894 | 3.9% | 8.8% |
| 3 | Daviess County, Missouri | $67,440,002 | 3.8% | 12.6% |
| 4 | Carroll County, Missouri | $63,161,345 | 3.6% | 16.1% |
| 5 | Gentry County, Missouri | $62,988,201 | 3.6% | 19.7% |
| 6 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $62,150,397 | 3.5% | 23.2% |
| 7 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $57,307,120 | 3.2% | 26.4% |
| 8 | Macon County, Missouri | $53,472,466 | 3.0% | 29.4% |
| 9 | Grundy County, Missouri | $51,150,327 | 2.9% | 32.3% |
| 10 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $49,808,951 | 2.8% | 35.1% |
| 11 | Knox County, Missouri | $48,662,945 | 2.7% | 37.9% |
| 12 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $48,184,042 | 2.7% | 40.6% |
| 13 | Livingston County, Missouri | $44,449,805 | 2.5% | 43.1% |
| 14 | Scotland County, Missouri | $44,266,662 | 2.5% | 45.6% |
| 15 | Chariton County, Missouri | $42,013,100 | 2.4% | 48.0% |
| 16 | Mercer County, Missouri | $41,476,253 | 2.3% | 50.3% |
| 17 | Vernon County, Missouri | $39,644,619 | 2.2% | 52.5% |
| 18 | Randolph County, Missouri | $38,305,833 | 2.2% | 54.7% |
| 19 | Monroe County, Missouri | $37,740,139 | 2.1% | 56.8% |
| 20 | Putnam County, Missouri | $35,027,171 | 2.0% | 58.8% |
| 21 | Lewis County, Missouri | $32,288,521 | 1.8% | 60.6% |
| 22 | Adair County, Missouri | $32,233,656 | 1.8% | 62.4% |
| 23 | Worth County, Missouri | $32,165,655 | 1.8% | 64.2% |
| 24 | Ray County, Missouri | $29,000,653 | 1.6% | 65.9% |
| 25 | Clark County, Missouri | $26,912,381 | 1.5% | 67.4% |
| 26 | Barton County, Missouri | $24,487,573 | 1.4% | 68.8% |
| 27 | Ralls County, Missouri | $24,435,648 | 1.4% | 70.2% |
| 28 | Andrew County, Missouri | $23,841,592 | 1.3% | 71.5% |
| 29 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $23,455,109 | 1.3% | 72.8% |
| 30 | Clinton County, Missouri | $22,927,362 | 1.3% | 74.1% |
| 31 | Bates County, Missouri | $22,491,293 | 1.3% | 75.4% |
| 32 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $20,402,676 | 1.2% | 76.5% |
| 33 | Audrain County, Missouri | $20,171,422 | 1.1% | 77.7% |
| 34 | Howard County, Missouri | $19,907,752 | 1.1% | 78.8% |
| 35 | Shelby County, Missouri | $18,810,660 | 1.1% | 79.8% |
| 36 | Cooper County, Missouri | $18,140,993 | 1.0% | 80.9% |
| 37 | Marion County, Missouri | $17,919,323 | 1.0% | 81.9% |
| 38 | Callaway County, Missouri | $17,706,054 | 1.0% | 82.9% |
| 39 | Pettis County, Missouri | $17,167,512 | 1.0% | 83.8% |
| 40 | Saline County, Missouri | $16,675,865 | 0.9% | 84.8% |
| 41 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $14,524,988 | 0.8% | 85.6% |
| 42 | Pike County, Missouri | $14,386,133 | 0.8% | 86.4% |
| 43 | Johnson County, Missouri | $13,907,958 | 0.8% | 87.2% |
| 44 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $13,116,241 | 0.7% | 87.9% |
| 45 | Cass County, Missouri | $12,970,222 | 0.7% | 88.7% |
| 46 | Jasper County, Missouri | $12,667,770 | 0.7% | 89.4% |
| 47 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $12,040,276 | 0.7% | 90.1% |
| 48 | Henry County, Missouri | $11,804,534 | 0.7% | 90.7% |
| 49 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $11,743,396 | 0.7% | 91.4% |
| 50 | Atchison County, Missouri | $11,408,417 | 0.6% | 92.0% |
| 51 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $11,226,437 | 0.6% | 92.7% |
| 52 | Boone County, Missouri | $10,961,872 | 0.6% | 93.3% |
| 53 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $9,338,093 | 0.5% | 93.8% |
| 54 | Perry County, Missouri | $8,273,292 | 0.5% | 94.3% |
| 55 | Holt County, Missouri | $8,194,290 | 0.5% | 94.7% |
| 56 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $7,158,234 | 0.4% | 95.1% |
| 57 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $6,165,482 | 0.3% | 95.5% |
| 58 | Scott County, Missouri | $6,147,209 | 0.3% | 95.8% |
| 59 | Dade County, Missouri | $6,117,727 | 0.3% | 96.2% |
| 60 | Platte County, Missouri | $6,076,637 | 0.3% | 96.5% |
| 61 | Franklin County, Missouri | $5,317,771 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 62 | | $5,313,810 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 63 | Warren County, Missouri | $4,859,451 | 0.3% | 97.4% |
| 64 | Cedar County, Missouri | $3,970,356 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 65 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $3,505,746 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 66 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $3,345,318 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 67 | Newton County, Missouri | $3,169,129 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 68 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $2,959,965 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 69 | Benton County, Missouri | $2,513,369 | 0.1% | 98.5% |
| 70 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $2,122,553 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 71 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $2,087,559 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 72 | Clay County, Missouri | $2,062,157 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 73 | Cole County, Missouri | $1,621,870 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 74 | Polk County, Missouri | $1,543,993 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 75 | Osage County, Missouri | $1,520,723 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 76 | Ripley County, Missouri | $1,433,514 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 77 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $1,233,213 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 78 | Maries County, Missouri | $1,145,998 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 79 | Morgan County, Missouri | $1,129,805 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 80 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $931,329 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 81 | Butler County, Missouri | $798,387 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 82 | Wayne County, Missouri | $718,743 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 83 | Barry County, Missouri | $668,374 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 84 | Crawford County, Missouri | $650,102 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 85 | Douglas County, Missouri | $589,596 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 86 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $587,251 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 87 | Phelps County, Missouri | $556,524 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 88 | Jackson County, Missouri | $518,770 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 89 | Hickory County, Missouri | $453,061 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 90 | Dallas County, Missouri | $419,299 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 91 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $418,530 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 92 | Laclede County, Missouri | $375,712 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 93 | Texas County, Missouri | $353,191 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 94 | Dent County, Missouri | $276,868 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 95 | Howell County, Missouri | $269,888 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 96 | Madison County, Missouri | $245,654 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 97 | McDonald County, Missouri | $230,562 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 98 | Taney County, Missouri | $183,708 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Christian County, Missouri | $174,992 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Oregon County, Missouri | $162,801 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 101 | Greene County, Missouri | $148,816 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 102 | Carter County, Missouri | $139,665 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 103 | Saint Louis County, Missouri | $109,663 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 104 | Webster County, Missouri | $106,322 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 105 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $101,406 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 106 | Miller County, Missouri | $81,925 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 107 | Stone County, Missouri | $79,284 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 108 | Ozark County, Missouri | $72,410 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 109 | Shannon County, Missouri | $71,927 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 110 | Iron County, Missouri | $61,046 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 111 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $23,211 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 112 | Washington County, Missouri | $5,517 | 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.
