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Congressional Districts in Texas Receiving wheat subsidies**, 1995-2012
| Rank |
District |
Wheat Subsidies**
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $871,837,736 | 35.5% | 35.5% |
| 2 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Neugebauer) | $268,138,952 | 10.9% | 46.5% |
| 3 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. Ralph M.Hall) | $148,802,597 | 6.1% | 52.5% |
| 4 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. K. MichaelConaway) | $91,274,926 | 3.7% | 56.2% |
| 5 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $43,211,763 | 1.8% | 58.0% |
| 6 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $35,004,612 | 1.4% | 59.4% |
| 7 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Joe Barton) | $27,465,963 | 1.1% | 60.5% |
| 8 | 23th District of Texas (Rep. Pete P.Gallego) | $21,788,361 | 0.9% | 61.4% |
| 9 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John R.Carter) | $18,109,912 | 0.7% | 62.2% |
| 10 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael C.Burgess) | $16,413,151 | 0.7% | 62.8% |
| 11 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Sam Johnson) | $10,139,610 | 0.4% | 63.3% |
| 12 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Rubén Hinojosa) | $7,835,304 | 0.3% | 63.6% |
| 13 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Jeb Hensarling) | $7,602,035 | 0.3% | 63.9% |
| 14 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $4,776,523 | 0.2% | 64.1% |
| 15 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $4,257,854 | 0.2% | 64.3% |
| 16 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Lamar Smith) | $3,516,404 | 0.1% | 64.4% |
| 17 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie BerniceJohnson) | $2,960,639 | 0.1% | 64.5% |
| 18 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael T.McCaul) | $2,817,076 | 0.1% | 64.6% |
| 19 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Blake Farenthold) | $2,515,004 | 0.1% | 64.7% |
| 20 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $2,398,377 | 0.1% | 64.8% |
| 21 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. Lloyd Doggett) | $1,570,524 | 0.1% | 64.9% |
| 22 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Sessions) | $1,177,306 | 0.0% | 64.9% |
| 23 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Steve Stockman) | $990,764 | 0.0% | 65.0% |
| 24 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy K.Weber) | $765,450 | 0.0% | 65.0% |
| 25 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $563,355 | 0.0% | 65.0% |
| 26 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $336,815 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 27 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $196,988 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 28 | 33th District of Texas (Rep. Marc A.Veasey) | $131,934 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 29 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $85,601 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 30 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louie Gohmert) | $82,632 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 31 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Ted Poe) | $50,896 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 32 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $34,997 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 33 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Beto O’Rourke) | $32,882 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 34 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. John AbneyCulberson) | $10,725 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| 35 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee) | $17 | 0.0% | 65.1% |
NOTE: Not all recipients were able to be placed into Congressional Districts
so the District total may not total 100%. Nationally 96% of all program monies were designated into a Congressional District
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
** Crop totals are an estimate. In the data received by EWG for 2009-2011, USDA does not differentiate Direct Payments or Counter-Cyclical Payments by crop as in previous years. EWG allocated the region's Direct Payments by crop for the 2009-2011 calendar year using the proportion of that crop's Direct Payments in 2008. Number of recipients receiving Direct Payments for that crop were not estimated. Due to the way Counter Cyclical Payments are made - EWG was not able to allocate Counter Cyclical Payments to crops. Also included in the crop totals are the crop insurance premiums as reported by the USDA Risk Management Agency for that crop. The crop insurance premium is the amount of money that is calculated by USDA to make the program actuarially sound. Crop insurance premium subsidies are available at the county, state and national level.
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.
