USDA subsidies for farms in Iowa totaled $24,934,000,000 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 | $831,145,129 $561,287,902 $759,235,635 $1,220,126,202 $2,145,516,637 $2,389,683,304 |
$2,094,775,444 $859,159,586 $1,180,440,049 $1,444,842,606 $2,446,507,759 $1,449,000,346 |
$1,099,599,159 $1,298,094,162 $1,199,477,720 $1,334,335,067 $1,335,237,440 $1,285,404,660 |
$24,933,868,807 |
| Recipients | 123,367 126,755 124,751 118,909 123,688 125,730 | 123,791 119,307 121,950 116,410 120,639 117,984 | 112,286 111,596 107,042 105,975 104,153 102,374 | 236,953 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $601,782,660 $330,807,840 $559,316,954 $1,029,783,682 $1,877,646,430 $2,118,225,025 |
$1,742,668,322 $498,026,753 $761,064,075 $1,031,241,015 $1,937,480,704 $986,045,407 |
$504,522,262 $505,978,928 $510,077,817 $478,113,565 $470,570,676 $486,668,513 |
$16,430,020,625 |
| Recipients | 102,577 111,316 110,399 106,530 110,877 111,211 | 106,523 96,185 99,047 93,169 95,260 91,877 | 85,001 82,253 76,997 75,348 73,879 73,066 | 196,169 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $32,215,095 $655,590,571 $502,700,110 $508,396,460 $497,329,811 |
$500,924,285 $504,935,628 $406,514,199 $403,902,526 $398,482,072 $400,855,292 |
$4,811,846,049 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 17,196 96,786 89,259 86,471 84,699 | 83,179 81,415 69,619 67,840 67,075 66,600 | 128,334 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $72,624,389 $71,691,652 $441,517,200 $395,443,080 |
$142,421 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$981,420,701 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 42,284 47,217 89,769 85,640 | 76 0 0 0 0 0 | 92,622 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $64,464,458 $69,993,759 $67,950,543 $68,282,382 |
$270,691,142 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 11,158 11,887 12,043 12,181 | 13,947 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $440,856,760 $645,788,653 $580,715,154 $476,444,642 $477,725,392 |
$379,096,172 $325,369,465 $-10,795,778 $-153,198 $-1,992 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,315,045,270 |
| Recipients | 0 106,680 107,214 105,614 94,655 96,525 | 92,089 87,879 43,073 57 6 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 133,859 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $266,108,800 $519,389,779 $520,281,559 |
$439,793,025 $-38,184 $-49,445 $-18,434 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,745,466,986 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 103,625 101,299 98,859 | 95,971 42 8 16 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 117,918 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,679,667 $22,164,441 |
$4,222,600 $22,222 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$33,088,930 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 3,894 4,455 | 2,473 59 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6,119 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $75,812,444 |
$147,920,876 $-1,522 $-9,745 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$223,722,054 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 83,720 | 80,611 3 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 91,674 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $591,110,984 $-112,199,237 $-86,851,631 $-408,804 $-89,242 $-23,934 |
$-8,643 $-29,261 $-100,675 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$391,396,898 |
| Recipients | 99,572 46,227 36,086 476 108 55 | 30 30 5 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 97,101 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $4,511 $0 $0 $160,097,307 $649,514,667 $818,533,425 |
$649,603,986 $49,898,447 $4,862,174 $433,643,223 $880,092,813 $42,162,369 |
$776,981 $234,359 $385,251 $361,026 $162,329 $7,188 |
$3,690,340,074 |
| Recipients | 65 0 0 57,809 89,186 89,983 | 82,882 36,095 14,513 66,273 70,567 23,599 | 2,090 1,163 1,088 962 639 50 | 118,600 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $597,408 $3,115,072 |
$695,533 $7,234 $0 $1,920,263 $20,980,484 $29,070 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$27,487,984 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 58 212 | 71 24 0 143 879 8 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,287 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$492 $0 $1,151 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,004 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 12 0 4 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 16 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $23,049,796 $187,098,465 $198,605,241 |
$120,711,817 $61,145,753 $7,219,921 $15,207,870 $85,520,650 $36,536,996 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$735,096,576 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 9,333 24,349 22,933 | 17,794 14,274 9,124 7,138 13,935 9,530 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 36,431 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $2,122,446 $1,465,759 $382,979 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $28,046,899 $30,915,169 $6,208,932 $282,846 $14,509,695 |
$2,530,651 $0 $37,884,120 $2,290,308 $1,039 $15,890,532 |
$142,532,149 |
| Recipients | 2,676 1,839 2,048 0 0 0 | 0 2,984 2,941 2,705 2,346 2,476 | 2,316 0 2,075 2,107 4 1,655 | 6,346 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $1,390,577 $728,105 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,118,726 |
| Recipients | 3,981 3,166 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4,535 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,106,361 |
$373,576 $1,277,314 $701,469 $216 $605,188 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,064,124 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 2,054 | 862 2,085 1,523 5 1,637 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3,808 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $4,600 $0 $8,508 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $123,756 $613,048 $1,543,719 $3,936,722 $1,585,119 |
$7,815,473 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 8 0 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 75 69 235 607 270 | 1,183 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $7,154,141 $-43,565 $-3,076 $73,910 $38,011,044 $896,516 |
$258,887 $113,292 $104,872 $42,403 $87,423 $34,385 |
$51,474 $32,973 $17,389 $22,227 $5,970 $0 |
$46,860,265 |
| Recipients | 3,254 400 216 11,561 45,192 32,604 | 7,389 3,270 2,349 4,049 4,634 1,396 | 3,263 1,368 627 365 129 0 | 72,657 | |
| 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 $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 Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $32,000 $48,000 |
$80,019 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 6 6 | 9 | |
| 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 |
$96,451 $649,481 $199,271 $0 $0 $0 |
$945,203 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 47 229 53 0 0 0 | 313 | |
| 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 | $46,184,383 $59,619,962 $49,662,002 $52,870,901 $83,894,394 $86,578,829 |
$123,683,837 $119,939,944 $134,958,068 $191,095,676 $166,864,218 $195,846,427 |
$321,175,516 $491,040,726 $423,573,855 $341,497,703 $586,986,509 $520,125,925 |
$3,995,598,875 | |
| Recipients | 208,590 207,835 176,294 170,721 166,845 171,853 | 166,267 160,082 154,637 153,851 151,305 149,884 | 148,543 151,107 158,564 155,412 156,890 159,618 | 2,968,298 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $183,976,698 $170,797,575 $149,608,798 $136,843,636 $146,676,055 $169,249,806 |
$208,162,183 $223,191,909 $219,116,414 $221,208,887 $257,193,838 $267,025,950 |
$272,380,144 $263,934,615 $265,261,749 $241,258,960 $242,869,176 $223,638,954 |
$3,862,395,348 |
| Recipients | 35,567 34,566 33,070 30,596 33,170 40,223 | 44,880 48,335 50,624 52,220 56,088 58,064 | 58,736 58,099 57,959 55,178 54,786 53,065 | 116,042 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $178,416,348 $167,013,683 $145,854,007 $134,327,962 $142,408,444 $163,251,667 |
$204,002,222 $216,936,069 $212,187,315 $215,128,329 $217,536,576 $225,012,599 |
$222,616,475 $208,799,825 $213,369,406 $215,649,687 $241,159,541 $219,939,947 |
$3,543,610,103 |
| Recipients | 32,872 32,808 31,513 29,948 32,116 38,711 | 44,029 47,452 49,770 51,428 53,205 55,106 | 55,930 55,137 54,148 54,294 54,553 52,868 | 104,006 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $685,598 $1,420,548 $1,909,094 $2,468,450 $2,793,262 |
$2,306,468 $4,164,533 $4,811,894 $5,372,997 $12,703,293 $19,788,499 |
$18,239,354 $19,566,423 $25,436,203 $4,962,496 $0 $0 |
$126,629,110 |
| Recipients | 0 329 645 588 800 977 | 869 1,161 1,012 1,321 2,271 2,783 | 2,672 2,790 3,388 459 0 0 | 11,165 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $18,195,372 $16,036,527 |
$26,228,252 $32,643,711 $8,093,059 $0 $0 $0 |
$101,196,920 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 2,421 2,404 | 2,418 2,607 654 0 0 0 | 2,942 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $4,364,741 $2,897,000 $1,227,501 $539,613 $187,645 $58,975 |
$13,052 $4,534 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$9,293,062 |
| Recipients | 2,688 1,875 794 265 110 46 | 7 3 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4,783 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $246,762 $360,012 |
$246,974 $310,177 $766,977 $141,725 $0 $0 |
$2,072,626 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 74 96 | 81 109 198 10 0 0 | 393 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $1,080,831 $201,295 $1,106,742 $66,962 $1,611,516 $3,142,976 |
$1,044,283 $590,475 $855,363 $186,853 $1,092,897 $99,716 |
$0 $183,649 $11,896,206 $3,023,717 $1,537,823 $3,686,115 |
$31,407,420 |
| Recipients | 745 124 679 49 602 1,431 | 492 303 381 126 479 52 | 0 50 2,887 788 417 370 | 8,309 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $40,020 $78,870 $123,292 |
$122,649 $125,548 $130,792 $159,679 $171,813 $12,892 |
$965,555 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 22 43 63 | 57 67 74 82 98 9 | 124 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $40,302 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$25,637 $143,655 $54,655 $18,368 $10,117 $13,328 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$310,216 |
| Recipients | 20 0 0 0 0 0 | 7 40 18 9 7 4 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 79 | |
| 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 | $74,476 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$770,521 $1,352,642 $1,207,187 $462,320 $7,329,952 $5,591,977 |
$4,922,287 $2,305,283 $5,569,106 $17,321,655 $0 $0 |
$46,910,335 |
| Recipients | 32 0 0 0 0 0 | 40 58 58 39 82 111 | 103 63 95 166 0 0 | 558 | |
| 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 | $-798,612 $62,525 $647,881 $627,983 $37,299,758 $15,629,645 |
$20,261,101 $18,000,979 $65,301,493 $1,297,027 $84,968,999 $82,562 |
$1,521,237 $37,139,893 $564,300 $273,461,374 $34,806,458 $54,971,268 |
$645,845,873 |
| Recipients | 2,051 134 967 942 8,429 7,260 | 8,919 11,913 23,386 873 24,295 40 | 480 14,545 89 15,966 6,747 3,647 | 63,737 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $265,015,886 $32,012,231 $54,496,490 |
$351,524,607 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 12,477 2,324 3,631 | 15,149 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $-805,818 $-84,575 $295,809 $627,983 $37,297,418 $15,199,663 |
$17,137,289 $351,918 $46,210,917 $1,212,290 $82,639,299 $59,450 |
$1,476,765 $31,159,916 $564,300 $7,858,401 $2,614,503 $169,976 |
$243,985,505 |
| Recipients | 2,046 99 493 942 8,428 6,832 | 6,965 102 13,826 612 22,724 18 | 456 8,926 89 5,362 5,365 9 | 45,243 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $6,269 $147,100 $352,072 $0 $0 $408,403 |
$3,123,812 $0 $127,962 $84,737 $2,329,700 $23,112 |
$0 $0 $0 $587,087 $153,801 $304,802 |
$7,647,748 |
| Recipients | 4 35 504 0 0 809 | 2,647 0 226 262 2,487 22 | 0 0 0 26 15 14 | 5,742 | |
| 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 |
$50,780 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | |
| 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 | $917 $1,440 $741 $303 $528 $412 |
$126 $91 $437 $363 $242 $458 |
$1,152 $1,283 $3,349 $1,837 $5,166 $8,723 |
$27,568 |
| Recipients | 48 49 37 35 30 27 | 22 19 20 19 18 18 | 16 15 19 19 21 24 | 456 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $31,620,999 $41,572,722 $32,800,837 $36,180,756 $56,002,658 $57,530,411 |
$84,341,800 $83,892,825 $91,865,672 $124,114,839 $104,121,201 $124,685,464 |
$249,297,719 $314,858,073 $298,608,515 $237,089,384 $416,625,450 $370,731,809 |
$2,755,941,134 |
| Recipients | 105,825 106,375 89,703 87,170 84,932 87,304 | 84,233 81,025 78,109 77,385 75,770 75,040 | 74,868 76,279 76,802 76,565 77,432 78,904 | 1,493,721 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $51,546 $50,985 $47,544 $36,412 $45,786 $37,992 |
$37,926 $56,623 $41,327 $38,615 $40,701 $34,932 |
$32,713 $49,999 $94,125 $59,309 $49,795 $66,261 |
$872,591 |
| Recipients | 5,196 4,506 3,669 3,267 2,748 2,791 | 2,573 2,325 2,131 2,100 1,923 1,813 | 1,719 1,612 2,169 2,085 2,006 1,894 | 46,527 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $3,714 $2,529 $2,182 $510 $2,899 $1,113 |
$1,319 $1,359 $1,212 $1,261 $1,268 $1,649 |
$644 $2,326 $883 $3,826 $553 $3,538 |
$32,785 |
| Recipients | 152 129 109 99 81 94 | 91 69 76 79 82 75 | 71 66 119 115 94 100 | 1,701 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $14,207,438 $17,640,571 $16,651,756 $16,519,217 $27,593,709 $28,623,111 |
$38,848,777 $35,487,339 $42,470,806 $66,529,917 $62,225,616 $70,780,511 |
$71,399,433 $175,563,459 $123,361,372 $103,526,549 $169,254,146 $148,267,987 |
$1,228,951,714 |
| Recipients | 95,235 94,610 81,418 79,002 77,902 80,326 | 78,116 75,347 73,057 73,032 72,366 71,838 | 70,794 72,017 72,726 72,605 73,333 74,775 | 1,388,499 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sunflowers | 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 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $31,185 $65,581 $30,505 $29,391 $27,717 $18,926 |
$49,622 $57,873 $60,036 $40,489 $18,338 $30,105 |
$73,813 $124,523 $300,149 $70,876 $209,027 $160,932 |
$1,399,088 |
| Recipients | 526 659 630 526 413 412 | 327 307 280 288 243 236 | 257 307 1,068 853 842 818 | 8,992 |
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.
