Conservation payments in Cedar County, Nebraska totaled $18.7 million from 1995-2011.
Counties in Cedar County, Nebraska Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 1995-2011
| Rank | County | Subtotal, Conservation Programs 1995-2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska NRCS | $193,463,625 | 13.1% | 13.1% |
| 2 | Kimball County, Nebraska | $61,453,456 | 4.2% | 17.3% |
| 3 | Gage County, Nebraska | $52,393,455 | 3.6% | 20.9% |
| 4 | Pawnee County, Nebraska | $50,573,303 | 3.4% | 24.3% |
| 5 | Johnson County, Nebraska | $46,860,060 | 3.2% | 27.5% |
| 6 | Dixon County, Nebraska | $43,970,253 | 3.0% | 30.5% |
| 7 | Richardson County, Nebraska | $41,451,668 | 2.8% | 33.3% |
| 8 | Cheyenne County, Nebraska | $37,595,353 | 2.6% | 35.8% |
| 9 | Lancaster County, Nebraska | $36,210,099 | 2.5% | 38.3% |
| 10 | Stanton County, Nebraska | $34,811,677 | 2.4% | 40.7% |
| 11 | Banner County, Nebraska | $31,570,313 | 2.1% | 42.8% |
| 12 | Perkins County, Nebraska | $30,900,611 | 2.1% | 44.9% |
| 13 | Box Butte County, Nebraska | $28,272,644 | 1.9% | 46.8% |
| 14 | Saunders County, Nebraska | $27,521,687 | 1.9% | 48.7% |
| 15 | Thurston County, Nebraska | $26,217,711 | 1.8% | 50.5% |
| 16 | Otoe County, Nebraska | $24,466,586 | 1.7% | 52.1% |
| 17 | Burt County, Nebraska | $23,477,127 | 1.6% | 53.7% |
| 18 | Knox County, Nebraska | $22,990,430 | 1.6% | 55.3% |
| 19 | Sheridan County, Nebraska | $22,389,751 | 1.5% | 56.8% |
| 20 | Butler County, Nebraska | $21,435,421 | 1.5% | 58.3% |
| 21 | Antelope County, Nebraska | $20,672,001 | 1.4% | 59.7% |
| 22 | Boone County, Nebraska | $19,013,604 | 1.3% | 61.0% |
| 23 | Morrill County, Nebraska | $18,852,180 | 1.3% | 62.2% |
| 24 | Cedar County, Nebraska | $18,736,462 | 1.3% | 63.5% |
| 25 | Jefferson County, Nebraska | $18,503,132 | 1.3% | 64.8% |
| 26 | Nemaha County, Nebraska | $18,001,874 | 1.2% | 66.0% |
| 27 | Seward County, Nebraska | $17,365,186 | 1.2% | 67.2% |
| 28 | Holt County, Nebraska | $17,005,813 | 1.2% | 68.3% |
| 29 | Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska | $16,259,585 | 1.1% | 69.4% |
| 30 | Wayne County, Nebraska | $16,038,750 | 1.1% | 70.5% |
| 31 | Webster County, Nebraska | $15,731,872 | 1.1% | 71.6% |
| 32 | Saline County, Nebraska | $15,064,546 | 1.0% | 72.6% |
| 33 | Dakota County, Nebraska | $14,579,406 | 1.0% | 73.6% |
| 34 | Chase County, Nebraska | $14,454,156 | 1.0% | 74.6% |
| 35 | Furnas County, Nebraska | $14,319,990 | 1.0% | 75.5% |
| 36 | Hayes County, Nebraska | $13,950,799 | 0.9% | 76.5% |
| 37 | Lincoln County, Nebraska | $13,385,251 | 0.9% | 77.4% |
| 38 | Dundy County, Nebraska | $13,295,608 | 0.9% | 78.3% |
| 39 | Madison County, Nebraska | $13,137,601 | 0.9% | 79.2% |
| 40 | Keith County, Nebraska | $12,752,434 | 0.9% | 80.1% |
| 41 | Pierce County, Nebraska | $12,301,824 | 0.8% | 80.9% |
| 42 | Dawes County, Nebraska | $12,255,012 | 0.8% | 81.7% |
| 43 | Wheeler County, Nebraska | $11,577,965 | 0.8% | 82.5% |
| 44 | Rock County, Nebraska | $11,419,519 | 0.8% | 83.3% |
| 45 | Nance County, Nebraska | $10,897,400 | 0.7% | 84.0% |
| 46 | Platte County, Nebraska | $10,376,400 | 0.7% | 84.7% |
| 47 | Thayer County, Nebraska | $10,167,843 | 0.7% | 85.4% |
| 48 | Red Willow County, Nebraska | $10,146,880 | 0.7% | 86.1% |
| 49 | Cuming County, Nebraska | $9,728,522 | 0.7% | 86.8% |
| 50 | Franklin County, Nebraska | $9,279,761 | 0.6% | 87.4% |
| 51 | Deuel County, Nebraska | $8,850,618 | 0.6% | 88.0% |
| 52 | Custer County, Nebraska | $8,232,912 | 0.6% | 88.6% |
| 53 | Buffalo County, Nebraska | $8,085,137 | 0.5% | 89.1% |
| 54 | Garden County, Nebraska | $8,070,407 | 0.5% | 89.7% |
| 55 | Washington County, Nebraska | $8,046,564 | 0.5% | 90.2% |
| 56 | Sherman County, Nebraska | $7,423,761 | 0.5% | 90.7% |
| 57 | Colfax County, Nebraska | $7,343,758 | 0.5% | 91.2% |
| 58 | Greeley County, Nebraska | $7,219,103 | 0.5% | 91.7% |
| 59 | Hitchcock County, Nebraska | $6,995,091 | 0.5% | 92.2% |
| 60 | Cherry County, Nebraska | $6,854,047 | 0.5% | 92.6% |
| 61 | Brown County, Nebraska | $6,849,932 | 0.5% | 93.1% |
| 62 | Cass County, Nebraska | $6,617,715 | 0.4% | 93.6% |
| 63 | Howard County, Nebraska | $6,412,447 | 0.4% | 94.0% |
| 64 | Nuckolls County, Nebraska | $5,555,432 | 0.4% | 94.4% |
| 65 | Valley County, Nebraska | $5,202,665 | 0.4% | 94.7% |
| 66 | Gosper County, Nebraska | $5,145,521 | 0.3% | 95.1% |
| 67 | Dawson County, Nebraska | $4,699,810 | 0.3% | 95.4% |
| 68 | Dodge County, Nebraska | $4,560,203 | 0.3% | 95.7% |
| 69 | Frontier County, Nebraska | $4,553,806 | 0.3% | 96.0% |
| 70 | Garfield County, Nebraska | $4,531,388 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 71 | Harlan County, Nebraska | $4,329,051 | 0.3% | 96.6% |
| 72 | Sioux County, Nebraska | $4,192,055 | 0.3% | 96.9% |
| 73 | Boyd County, Nebraska | $3,842,929 | 0.3% | 97.2% |
| 74 | Adams County, Nebraska | $3,814,390 | 0.3% | 97.4% |
| 75 | Hall County, Nebraska | $2,962,774 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 76 | Clay County, Nebraska | $2,835,354 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 77 | Fillmore County, Nebraska | $2,708,598 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 78 | Kearney County, Nebraska | $2,682,192 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 79 | Phelps County, Nebraska | $2,644,459 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 80 | Sarpy County, Nebraska | $2,185,166 | 0.1% | 98.5% |
| 81 | McPherson County, Nebraska | $1,907,225 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 82 | Logan County, Nebraska | $1,747,864 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 83 | Hamilton County, Nebraska | $1,693,892 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 84 | Keya Paha County, Nebraska | $1,650,164 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 85 | York County, Nebraska | $1,558,242 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 86 | Merrick County, Nebraska | $1,499,689 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 87 | Douglas County, Nebraska | $1,373,439 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 88 | Blaine County, Nebraska | $1,284,344 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 89 | Polk County, Nebraska | $1,052,651 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 90 | Loup County, Nebraska | $948,901 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 91 | Arthur County, Nebraska | $936,163 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 92 | Thomas County, Nebraska | $920,830 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 93 | Hooker County, Nebraska | $809,512 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 94 | $705,136 | 0.0% | 99.7% | |
| 95 | $659,972 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 96 | $382,177 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 97 | $192,545 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 98 | $133,424 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 99 | Grant County, Nebraska | $107,101 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 100 | $67,859 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 101 | $59,923 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 102 | $54,205 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 103 | $34,318 | 0.0% | 99.8% | |
| 104 | $26,765 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
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.
