Production Flexibility Contracts payments in Red Willow County, Nebraska totaled $31.6 million from 1995-2012.
Counties in Red Willow County, Nebraska Receiving Production Flexibility Contracts payments, 1995-2012
| Rank | County | Production Flexibility Contracts 1995-2012 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton County, Nebraska | $64,764,327 | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| 2 | Phelps County, Nebraska | $62,429,130 | 2.5% | 5.1% |
| 3 | York County, Nebraska | $62,207,859 | 2.5% | 7.6% |
| 4 | Fillmore County, Nebraska | $55,459,665 | 2.2% | 9.8% |
| 5 | Dawson County, Nebraska | $55,238,031 | 2.2% | 12.1% |
| 6 | Kearney County, Nebraska | $54,921,098 | 2.2% | 14.3% |
| 7 | Holt County, Nebraska | $54,067,580 | 2.2% | 16.4% |
| 8 | Buffalo County, Nebraska | $53,299,963 | 2.1% | 18.6% |
| 9 | Custer County, Nebraska | $52,276,012 | 2.1% | 20.7% |
| 10 | Adams County, Nebraska | $52,249,788 | 2.1% | 22.8% |
| 11 | Perkins County, Nebraska | $51,996,107 | 2.1% | 24.9% |
| 12 | Hall County, Nebraska | $51,908,170 | 2.1% | 27.0% |
| 13 | Lincoln County, Nebraska | $49,890,887 | 2.0% | 29.0% |
| 14 | Clay County, Nebraska | $49,610,478 | 2.0% | 31.0% |
| 15 | Antelope County, Nebraska | $48,758,918 | 2.0% | 32.9% |
| 16 | Platte County, Nebraska | $47,174,823 | 1.9% | 34.8% |
| 17 | Gage County, Nebraska | $46,017,257 | 1.9% | 36.7% |
| 18 | Seward County, Nebraska | $43,975,822 | 1.8% | 38.4% |
| 19 | Chase County, Nebraska | $43,439,034 | 1.7% | 40.2% |
| 20 | Thayer County, Nebraska | $41,990,033 | 1.7% | 41.9% |
| 21 | Boone County, Nebraska | $41,478,846 | 1.7% | 43.6% |
| 22 | Butler County, Nebraska | $41,342,383 | 1.7% | 45.2% |
| 23 | Merrick County, Nebraska | $39,502,748 | 1.6% | 46.8% |
| 24 | Polk County, Nebraska | $39,294,716 | 1.6% | 48.4% |
| 25 | Saunders County, Nebraska | $39,113,524 | 1.6% | 50.0% |
| 26 | Lancaster County, Nebraska | $38,636,434 | 1.6% | 51.5% |
| 27 | Cheyenne County, Nebraska | $37,575,476 | 1.5% | 53.0% |
| 28 | Saline County, Nebraska | $37,421,152 | 1.5% | 54.5% |
| 29 | Furnas County, Nebraska | $33,554,575 | 1.3% | 55.9% |
| 30 | Dodge County, Nebraska | $31,837,921 | 1.3% | 57.2% |
| 31 | Red Willow County, Nebraska | $31,597,978 | 1.3% | 58.4% |
| 32 | Madison County, Nebraska | $31,240,551 | 1.3% | 59.7% |
| 33 | Jefferson County, Nebraska | $31,022,909 | 1.2% | 60.9% |
| 34 | Pierce County, Nebraska | $30,965,390 | 1.2% | 62.2% |
| 35 | Nuckolls County, Nebraska | $30,231,044 | 1.2% | 63.4% |
| 36 | Cuming County, Nebraska | $28,929,403 | 1.2% | 64.6% |
| 37 | Frontier County, Nebraska | $28,607,385 | 1.2% | 65.7% |
| 38 | Harlan County, Nebraska | $28,443,372 | 1.1% | 66.8% |
| 39 | Franklin County, Nebraska | $28,279,612 | 1.1% | 68.0% |
| 40 | Cedar County, Nebraska | $28,226,105 | 1.1% | 69.1% |
| 41 | Box Butte County, Nebraska | $27,903,232 | 1.1% | 70.2% |
| 42 | Howard County, Nebraska | $27,805,925 | 1.1% | 71.4% |
| 43 | Otoe County, Nebraska | $27,757,446 | 1.1% | 72.5% |
| 44 | Cass County, Nebraska | $26,743,940 | 1.1% | 73.5% |
| 45 | Dundy County, Nebraska | $26,479,985 | 1.1% | 74.6% |
| 46 | Burt County, Nebraska | $24,834,460 | 1.0% | 75.6% |
| 47 | Hitchcock County, Nebraska | $24,818,406 | 1.0% | 76.6% |
| 48 | Gosper County, Nebraska | $23,951,381 | 1.0% | 77.6% |
| 49 | Webster County, Nebraska | $23,394,377 | 0.9% | 78.5% |
| 50 | Knox County, Nebraska | $23,260,548 | 0.9% | 79.5% |
| 51 | Keith County, Nebraska | $22,986,976 | 0.9% | 80.4% |
| 52 | Nance County, Nebraska | $22,798,821 | 0.9% | 81.3% |
| 53 | Colfax County, Nebraska | $22,464,412 | 0.9% | 82.2% |
| 54 | Kimball County, Nebraska | $20,434,624 | 0.8% | 83.0% |
| 55 | Richardson County, Nebraska | $19,878,877 | 0.8% | 83.8% |
| 56 | Greeley County, Nebraska | $19,682,271 | 0.8% | 84.6% |
| 57 | Wayne County, Nebraska | $19,607,917 | 0.8% | 85.4% |
| 58 | Valley County, Nebraska | $19,295,029 | 0.8% | 86.2% |
| 59 | Hayes County, Nebraska | $19,142,114 | 0.8% | 86.9% |
| 60 | Deuel County, Nebraska | $18,808,627 | 0.8% | 87.7% |
| 61 | Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska | $18,520,897 | 0.7% | 88.4% |
| 62 | Sherman County, Nebraska | $18,394,442 | 0.7% | 89.2% |
| 63 | Morrill County, Nebraska | $18,067,396 | 0.7% | 89.9% |
| 64 | Nemaha County, Nebraska | $17,975,931 | 0.7% | 90.6% |
| 65 | Washington County, Nebraska | $17,256,787 | 0.7% | 91.3% |
| 66 | Stanton County, Nebraska | $16,934,757 | 0.7% | 92.0% |
| 67 | Dixon County, Nebraska | $16,863,960 | 0.7% | 92.7% |
| 68 | Sheridan County, Nebraska | $16,617,516 | 0.7% | 93.4% |
| 69 | Thurston County, Nebraska | $15,999,287 | 0.6% | 94.0% |
| 70 | Johnson County, Nebraska | $13,984,459 | 0.6% | 94.6% |
| 71 | Garden County, Nebraska | $13,285,624 | 0.5% | 95.1% |
| 72 | Pawnee County, Nebraska | $13,049,464 | 0.5% | 95.6% |
| 73 | Brown County, Nebraska | $12,637,826 | 0.5% | 96.1% |
| 74 | Dakota County, Nebraska | $10,596,900 | 0.4% | 96.6% |
| 75 | Banner County, Nebraska | $10,478,545 | 0.4% | 97.0% |
| 76 | Wheeler County, Nebraska | $10,222,471 | 0.4% | 97.4% |
| 77 | Rock County, Nebraska | $9,877,743 | 0.4% | 97.8% |
| 78 | Dawes County, Nebraska | $8,907,378 | 0.4% | 98.1% |
| 79 | Sarpy County, Nebraska | $8,234,023 | 0.3% | 98.5% |
| 80 | Douglas County, Nebraska | $8,060,115 | 0.3% | 98.8% |
| 81 | Boyd County, Nebraska | $5,644,563 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 82 | Logan County, Nebraska | $4,462,661 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 83 | Cherry County, Nebraska | $4,225,627 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 84 | Sioux County, Nebraska | $3,542,435 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 85 | Garfield County, Nebraska | $3,479,624 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 86 | Keya Paha County, Nebraska | $2,673,010 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 87 | Loup County, Nebraska | $2,138,873 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 88 | Blaine County, Nebraska | $1,228,374 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 89 | McPherson County, Nebraska | $1,185,916 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 90 | Arthur County, Nebraska | $1,104,750 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 91 | Thomas County, Nebraska | $255,030 | 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.
