USDA subsidies for farms in Cassia County, Idaho totaled $220,892,000 from 1995 through 2009.
| Subsidy Category | Type | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 | TOTAL 1995-2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total USDA - Subsidies | Payments | $7,142,140 $9,155,641 $9,529,583 $16,124,196 $16,769,947 $24,832,307 |
$17,719,514 $13,809,999 $11,338,392 $11,869,517 $13,433,990 $8,974,608 |
$7,842,159 $10,347,603 $12,415,703 $8,955,267 $9,890,836 $10,740,989 |
$220,892,392 |
| Recipients | 489 582 562 540 574 612 | 657 738 582 507 508 460 | 414 434 416 398 368 367 | 1,372 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $2,889,271 $5,718,706 $6,194,673 $13,651,799 $13,737,214 $22,015,903 |
$12,957,330 $7,246,169 $6,509,830 $6,595,282 $6,539,341 $6,039,213 |
$4,363,524 $4,845,090 $6,596,743 $4,722,518 $4,006,575 $4,076,905 |
$138,706,086 |
| Recipients | 389 514 498 498 532 570 | 585 560 497 425 446 421 | 373 345 353 353 325 323 | 1,148 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $131,844 $6,248,298 $4,970,510 $4,951,718 $4,474,378 |
$4,266,504 $4,833,914 $4,130,333 $3,914,168 $3,713,578 $3,460,815 |
$45,096,060 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 51 482 398 381 364 | 357 344 336 326 320 302 | 658 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $42,027 $16,794 $491,895 $493,308 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,044,024 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 20 22 322 305 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 359 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $523,788 $287,892 $47,172 |
$1,099,574 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 6 6 5 | 6 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $7,930,352 $5,579,332 $6,408,566 $5,189,231 $5,014,533 |
$4,056,521 $3,503,071 $-639,359 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$37,042,247 |
| Recipients | 0 477 480 490 427 430 | 426 401 157 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 679 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $2,847,411 $5,531,681 $5,573,950 |
$4,763,062 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$18,716,104 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 476 461 445 | 462 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 596 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $200,360 $885,833 |
$93,623 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,179,815 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 48 53 | 13 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 62 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,007 |
$2,528 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,535 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $2,730,945 $-2,354,676 $-45,576 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$322,863 |
| Recipients | 352 283 37 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 220 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $4,058,544 $2,611,506 $5,353,404 |
$804,538 $52,464 $16,199 $1,251,816 $962,563 $269,513 |
$25,701 $10,162 $19,037 $58,223 $0 $0 |
$15,498,775 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 338 326 356 | 140 36 15 140 105 36 | 17 3 5 8 0 0 | 544 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $103,657 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$121,171 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$21,189 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$21,189 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 12 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 12 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $337,402 $205,458 $549,300 |
$94,248 $0 $0 $0 $0 $81,769 |
$0 $0 $0 $35,754 $0 $0 |
$1,311,916 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 43 48 34 | 11 0 0 0 0 5 | 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 86 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $22,237 $49,767 $6,328 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $1,176,731 $814,333 $304,802 $12,252 $666,469 |
$71,145 $0 $2,204,678 $133,016 $0 $568,918 |
$6,030,675 |
| Recipients | 13 15 16 0 0 0 | 0 44 37 41 37 46 | 23 0 34 34 0 30 | 83 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $135,103 $89,249 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$224,351 |
| Recipients | 30 23 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 34 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $7,658 |
$23,274 $46,858 $0 $0 $33,084 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$131,019 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 5 | 3 10 0 0 8 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 10 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $986 $0 $654,589 $216 $6,468 $4,526,560 |
$3,098,347 $2,333,905 $0 $1,330 $1,088 $0 |
$174 $1,014 $1,973 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,631,359 |
| Recipients | 3 0 17 5 110 375 | 262 228 0 9 14 0 | 3 4 3 0 0 0 | 554 | |
| Total Peanut Load-in Charges | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $8,136 $32,515 $55,304 $53,134 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$149,089 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 6 21 28 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 49 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $24,748 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$24,748 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 13 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 13 | |
| Total Storage Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Total Step 2 Cotton Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Total Emergency Compensation Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Tobacco Payment Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Total Tobacco Transition Payments | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Biomass Crop Assistance Programs | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Payments | $663,160 $359,622 $307,342 $399,311 $689,540 $683,860 |
$723,062 $1,408,803 $1,666,644 $1,754,813 $1,655,445 $1,366,706 |
$1,460,046 $1,997,578 $2,980,052 $2,372,259 $3,376,926 $3,291,963 |
$27,157,132 | |
| Recipients | 1,252 605 512 372 349 349 | 384 430 457 472 538 538 | 510 491 500 518 532 533 | 9,342 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $3,055,049 $3,077,313 $3,027,568 $2,073,086 $1,995,183 $1,971,196 |
$1,882,474 $1,971,790 $1,931,211 $1,909,151 $1,578,678 $1,568,689 |
$2,011,801 $1,829,299 $2,319,494 $1,844,721 $2,499,527 $3,372,121 |
$39,918,350 |
| Recipients | 168 177 161 131 113 114 | 124 114 112 122 88 84 | 92 92 123 84 82 86 | 398 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $2,907,554 $2,967,509 $2,920,507 $2,015,919 $1,851,902 $1,858,354 |
$1,712,987 $1,869,581 $1,739,948 $1,602,478 $1,578,678 $1,559,535 |
$2,011,801 $1,829,299 $1,812,389 $1,842,246 $2,499,527 $3,372,121 |
$37,952,334 |
| Recipients | 137 149 141 123 96 102 | 102 97 97 100 88 83 | 92 92 86 83 82 86 | 274 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $46,720 $44,762 $135,629 $98,483 |
$83,941 $69,850 $178,558 $282,909 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $456,594 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,401,454 |
| Recipients | 0 0 3 6 18 15 | 16 13 13 21 0 0 | 0 0 37 0 0 0 | 84 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $147,495 $108,271 $60,341 $12,405 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$356,232 |
| Recipients | 43 37 19 3 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 71 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$79,837 $29,718 $10,192 $22,751 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $50,511 $0 $0 $0 |
$193,009 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 10 8 3 3 0 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 22 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Total Agricultural Management Assistance | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Farmland Protection Program (fpp) | Payments | $0 $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 | 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 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 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 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 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 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $534,660 $0 $0 $0 $348,010 $161,348 |
$2,156,648 $3,183,237 $1,230,707 $1,610,271 $3,660,526 $0 |
$6,788 $1,675,636 $519,415 $0 $0 $0 |
$15,110,823 |
| Recipients | 66 0 0 0 32 25 | 104 344 97 72 129 0 | 3 119 16 0 0 0 | 520 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $382,194 $0 $0 $0 $348,010 $161,348 |
$2,156,648 $1,757,421 $1,215,978 $1,608,187 $3,514,606 $0 |
$6,788 $413,776 $519,415 $0 $0 $0 |
$12,097,452 |
| Recipients | 44 0 0 0 32 25 | 104 104 85 69 126 0 | 3 25 16 0 0 0 | 297 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $152,466 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $2,084 $145,920 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$300,558 |
| Recipients | 31 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3 20 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 51 | |
| Karnal Bunt Programs | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $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 | 0 | |
| Programmatic Environmental Assistance | Payments | $0 $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 | 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 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Barley | Payments | $26,145 $13,869 $13,662 $14,315 $10,950 $15,962 |
$30,166 $39,983 $85,350 $108,856 $77,782 $53,418 |
$70,400 $120,973 $156,460 $117,808 $229,790 $303,678 |
$1,489,567 |
| Recipients | 238 120 95 63 57 54 | 72 77 79 85 98 100 | 93 94 99 94 92 96 | 1,706 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $7,754 $2,484 $2,117 $386 $7,581 $8,606 |
$3,687 $7,423 $14,601 $45,843 $63,971 $40,637 |
$112,538 $95,994 $129,310 $108,799 $143,123 $102,918 |
$897,772 |
| Recipients | 55 18 17 13 12 15 | 22 24 26 28 40 37 | 38 38 42 40 45 48 | 558 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $390 $200 $177 $119 $83 $126 |
$141 $591 $425 $222 $281 $263 |
$1,970 $569 $1,515 $1,141 $1,255 $64 |
$9,532 |
| Recipients | 31 14 11 11 9 8 | 9 10 10 10 10 9 | 8 9 10 11 13 13 | 206 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Safflower | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $84 $2,162 $1,620 $1,291 $1,096 |
$6,253 |
| Recipients | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 2 5 7 7 7 | 29 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $220,866 $148,860 $103,992 $121,504 $108,114 $116,668 |
$165,637 $237,774 $333,791 $318,172 $304,657 $294,050 |
$330,048 $633,289 $1,188,619 $774,783 $1,589,568 $1,158,109 |
$8,148,501 |
| Recipients | 362 183 150 118 105 99 | 102 111 122 125 133 140 | 121 122 126 140 143 141 | 2,543 |
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.
