USDA subsidies for farms in Colquitt County, Georgia totaled $238,707,000 from 1995 through 2009.
| Subsidy Category | Type | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 | TOTAL 1995-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total USDA - Subsidies | Payments | $1,865,724 $4,936,596 $4,644,801 $7,455,018 $18,640,697 $14,948,573 |
$21,559,605 $20,564,400 $20,681,804 $14,438,712 $22,880,744 $18,047,573 |
$13,590,925 $17,583,903 $17,314,503 $9,826,513 $9,726,650 |
$238,706,742 |
| Recipients | 531 704 671 605 715 979 | 981 1,238 1,156 686 741 698 | 668 734 684 659 631 | 2,336 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $110,122 $3,326,122 $3,180,061 $6,139,324 $14,638,899 $12,338,856 |
$16,476,119 $18,745,341 $17,253,054 $12,321,351 $18,856,313 $16,162,144 |
$11,745,471 $12,300,063 $14,436,279 $6,302,559 $4,951,744 |
$189,283,822 |
| Recipients | 264 484 464 493 551 886 | 882 1,157 1,088 639 682 668 | 629 635 618 597 565 | 2,061 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $551,806 $5,069,335 $3,962,229 $3,722,102 $3,905,031 |
$3,891,194 $3,766,577 $3,836,691 $3,852,552 $3,762,256 |
$36,319,773 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 200 619 565 589 567 | 571 530 519 533 527 | 1,065 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $588,092 $8,438,009 $3,564,920 $8,359,270 $8,105,610 |
$6,089,130 $3,872,877 $5,545,705 $1,230,907 $0 |
$45,794,520 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 144 618 509 580 588 | 503 505 453 481 0 | 951 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $3,548,253 $3,190,331 $3,486,391 $2,880,778 $3,129,259 |
$2,307,798 $2,130,869 $-261,977 $-8,134 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$20,403,568 |
| Recipients | 0 472 459 484 493 509 | 503 498 246 7 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 783 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,613,667 $3,195,970 $3,159,208 |
$2,661,308 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,629,532 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 476 506 519 | 527 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 678 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $16,387 $1,053,450 |
$467,852 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,537,688 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 4 448 | 452 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 452 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,209 |
$7,065 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$11,274 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 16 | 13 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 19 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $102,267 $-230,332 $-11,789 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$-139,990 |
| Recipients | 262 90 21 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 265 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,039,783 $8,497,439 $4,043,404 |
$7,749,557 $4,650,913 $2,301,939 $2,725,867 $6,229,455 $3,540,471 |
$1,172,038 $2,562,111 $3,095,115 $0 $0 |
$47,612,675 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 149 308 267 | 225 229 201 152 233 188 | 105 118 174 0 0 | 566 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,692,359 $587,318 $0 $1,948,371 $346,538 $164,878 |
$66,127 $662,881 $454,036 $0 $0 |
$6,925,955 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 42 23 0 35 24 16 | 6 17 26 0 0 | 105 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$8,323 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$8,323 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $225,901 $319,595 $30,282 $98,560 $327,308 |
$521,148 $178,919 $204,563 $0 $0 |
$1,906,829 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 22 144 5 102 150 | 8 6 67 0 0 | 287 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $0 $9,781 $1,519 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $13,605 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$198,922 |
| Recipients | 0 4 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 8 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $44,879 $949,438 |
$581,304 $9,962,613 $1,083,673 $97,815 $100,218 $97,284 |
$120 $0 $0 $1,175 $0 |
$12,916,510 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 205 287 | 241 822 345 51 68 50 | 3 0 0 7 0 | 1,158 | |
| Total Peanut Load-in Charges | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Storage Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $46,322 $36,898 $0 $0 |
$83,221 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 22 23 0 0 | 39 | |
| Total Step 2 Cotton Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Emergency Compensation Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Tobacco Payment Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $289,496 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$289,496 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 472 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 472 | |
| Total Tobacco Transition Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $1,210,349 $1,199,672 $1,198,076 $1,175,219 |
$4,783,315 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 96 93 92 90 | 101 | |
| Biomass Crop Assistance Programs | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Payments | $1,088,499 $1,031,977 $1,040,368 $1,057,093 $1,211,417 $1,267,889 |
$1,465,568 $1,202,318 $1,409,414 $1,554,867 $1,372,388 $1,601,561 |
$1,517,030 $2,205,482 $1,944,705 $2,213,185 $3,985,668 |
$27,169,429 | |
| Recipients | 1,045 846 759 777 828 889 | 879 789 808 950 998 1,041 | 1,073 1,142 1,221 1,230 1,299 | 16,574 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $499,451 $494,020 $477,479 $248,799 $150,658 $169,391 |
$288,218 $231,436 $183,080 $283,892 $321,697 $247,573 |
$313,387 $398,377 $705,538 $911,281 $657,759 |
$6,582,035 |
| Recipients | 273 269 258 153 82 73 | 75 75 72 77 83 68 | 75 82 129 117 104 | 506 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $462,687 $447,730 $439,807 $231,564 $117,408 $154,475 |
$286,338 $225,848 $177,905 $225,421 $253,336 $237,561 |
$313,387 $398,377 $497,076 $798,537 $657,759 |
$5,925,216 |
| Recipients | 255 255 242 148 71 66 | 74 72 69 71 71 67 | 75 82 101 101 104 | 402 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $5,588 $5,175 $58,471 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $174,741 $30,000 $0 |
$304,563 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 3 3 7 0 0 | 0 0 26 3 0 | 37 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $32,851 $0 $0 |
$32,851 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 5 0 0 | 5 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $33,092 $46,290 $37,672 $6,735 $15,491 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$138,552 |
| Recipients | 23 19 20 4 9 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 67 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $13,764 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $68,361 $10,012 |
$0 $0 $0 $82,744 $0 |
$176,312 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 5 | 0 0 0 0 14 3 | 0 0 0 14 0 | 38 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Agricultural Management Assistance | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Farmland Protection Program (fpp) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Resource Conservation & Development Program (rcd) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $167,652 $84,477 $-53,107 $0 $2,639,723 $1,172,437 |
$3,329,700 $385,305 $1,836,256 $278,602 $2,330,346 $36,295 |
$15,037 $2,679,981 $227,981 $399,488 $131,480 |
$15,671,455 |
| Recipients | 57 14 8 0 350 255 | 354 212 243 35 108 3 | 5 311 10 123 113 | 762 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $40,769 $0 |
$42,262 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3 0 | 4 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $167,652 $84,477 $-53,107 $0 $2,358,501 $959,439 |
$2,761,287 $36,560 $1,783,708 $278,557 $2,330,346 $0 |
$15,037 $2,509,797 $227,981 $353,909 $129,987 |
$13,962,499 |
| Recipients | 57 14 8 0 188 108 | 215 14 142 31 108 0 | 5 193 10 120 113 | 530 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $281,222 $212,998 |
$568,413 $0 $39,157 $45 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,103,087 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 212 181 | 196 0 103 4 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 293 | |
| Karnal Bunt Programs | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Programmatic Environmental Assistance | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Specialty Crop Hurricane Disaster Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $12,419 $16,587 $10,601 $12,022 $8,294 $7,099 |
$8,217 $6,632 $9,093 $11,871 $10,290 $11,617 |
$42,932 $44,608 $54,260 $35,660 $39,313 |
$341,515 |
| Recipients | 109 79 56 59 61 69 | 70 57 64 76 81 96 | 132 143 160 166 184 | 1,662 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $63 $117 $139 $77 $104 $64 |
$100 $108 $171 $17 $49 $144 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,153 |
| Recipients | 7 5 4 3 4 3 | 2 2 2 3 2 2 | 2 2 13 14 14 | 84 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Peanuts | Payments | $215,880 $187,725 $182,957 $187,414 $245,849 $228,833 |
$246,342 $136,115 $146,550 $189,441 $251,161 $187,666 |
$243,510 $492,595 $308,062 $322,716 $295,564 |
$4,068,380 |
| Recipients | 357 286 258 254 263 272 | 266 239 247 271 296 298 | 293 300 294 297 307 | 4,798 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $3,877 $2,341 $3,408 $1,704 $2,621 $1,507 |
$2,315 $3,463 $4,213 $10,248 $997 $1,345 |
$19,941 $87,736 $57,598 $21,321 $6,901 |
$231,536 |
| Recipients | 66 44 32 35 34 44 | 44 32 42 126 144 154 | 167 182 195 207 223 | 1,771 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Cotton | Payments | $769,944 $726,906 $739,203 $737,511 $797,904 $814,918 |
$1,011,330 $834,730 $991,084 $1,089,224 $886,875 $1,022,657 |
$876,008 $1,069,647 $995,074 $1,346,703 $3,207,155 |
$17,916,873 |
| Recipients | 326 267 263 270 303 317 | 313 290 282 292 305 314 | 312 310 300 305 315 | 5,084 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $836 $3,152 $1,735 $704 $676 $917 |
$365 $343 $308 $4,143 $1,135 $438 |
$5,375 $97,755 $93,556 $22,949 $44,215 |
$278,602 |
| Recipients | 10 12 11 13 14 19 | 18 19 15 18 16 16 | 18 62 119 123 129 | 632 |
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.
