USDA subsidies for farms in Marion County, Iowa totaled $178,612,000 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 | $5,213,802 $4,793,266 $5,286,479 $7,991,470 $14,887,564 $15,488,243 |
$14,261,093 $6,218,762 $8,397,650 $9,842,787 $15,752,458 $9,322,065 |
$7,733,250 $8,673,567 $9,002,975 $12,035,995 $11,429,028 $12,281,468 |
$178,611,922 |
| Recipients | 1,162 1,349 1,317 1,300 1,339 1,401 | 1,400 1,286 1,359 1,328 1,357 1,279 | 1,225 1,161 1,135 1,097 1,128 1,110 | 2,739 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $2,754,740 $2,198,959 $3,083,595 $5,474,961 $11,406,510 $12,328,512 |
$10,712,190 $2,687,993 $4,432,965 $6,063,179 $11,384,664 $5,518,302 |
$3,062,460 $3,007,701 $2,961,043 $2,891,345 $2,915,657 $2,875,832 |
$95,760,608 |
| Recipients | 816 1,094 1,082 1,074 1,107 1,137 | 1,100 956 1,039 996 1,039 949 | 878 833 778 751 762 752 | 2,178 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $247,077 $3,878,149 $2,989,546 $3,025,792 $2,819,661 |
$3,019,284 $2,997,720 $2,665,014 $2,607,114 $2,640,186 $2,631,844 |
$29,521,387 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 160 1,017 967 865 848 | 867 820 748 720 733 728 | 1,487 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $392,532 $321,103 $2,559,789 $2,298,729 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$5,572,153 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 332 383 958 843 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 994 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $216,127 $273,402 $249,575 $207,873 |
$946,977 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 46 51 51 47 | 57 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $2,600,871 $3,521,661 $3,315,632 $2,540,906 $2,693,396 |
$2,069,075 $1,608,561 $-18,927 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$18,331,175 |
| Recipients | 0 1,063 1,068 1,064 893 941 | 897 850 473 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,407 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,477,870 $2,785,670 $2,861,302 |
$2,387,278 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$9,508,179 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1,048 975 969 | 951 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,224 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $21,940 $77,379 |
$31,952 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$131,271 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 9 16 | 32 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 42 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $527,400 |
$1,047,075 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,574,475 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 763 | 738 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 894 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $2,715,200 $-414,820 $-439,603 $-9,495 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,851,282 |
| Recipients | 784 287 276 12 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 750 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $527,146 $4,625,325 $5,148,228 |
$4,565,352 $366,606 $30,715 $2,691,875 $5,277,430 $196,527 |
$35,714 $9,833 $3,563 $6,060 $1,979 $0 |
$23,486,363 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 338 861 815 | 765 273 91 579 600 116 | 15 11 8 10 4 0 | 1,205 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $42,403 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$42,861 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing 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 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $163,218 $1,174,581 $1,000,374 |
$608,033 $351,888 $53,862 $49,269 $465,011 $156,843 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,023,079 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 57 157 127 | 99 80 72 40 81 69 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 251 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $5,056 $3,609 $1,537 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $87,892 $89,495 $10,937 $1,394 $46,530 |
$6,198 $0 $76,339 $3,405 $0 $35,624 |
$368,016 |
| Recipients | 7 5 6 0 0 0 | 0 9 9 7 9 8 | 9 0 5 5 0 4 | 18 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $23,264 $9,270 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$32,534 |
| Recipients | 55 33 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 61 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $26,869 |
$774 $29,467 $7,816 $0 $12,780 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$77,598 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 38 | 4 37 16 0 24 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 65 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $23,743 $0 |
$25,696 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 8 0 | 11 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $11,213 $0 $0 $492 $258,088 $-6,893 |
$2,651 $288 $0 $14 $65 $12 |
$1,264 $148 $0 $0 $174 $0 |
$267,544 |
| Recipients | 11 0 0 112 344 45 | 53 11 0 5 9 3 | 145 17 0 0 5 0 | 522 | |
| 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 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 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 $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 | $367,578 $467,685 $416,598 $455,972 $609,978 $587,825 |
$798,304 $771,787 $883,574 $1,192,236 $1,050,838 $1,253,476 |
$2,075,608 $3,254,582 $2,994,103 $2,411,561 $4,213,205 $4,080,182 |
$27,885,092 | |
| Recipients | 1,732 1,715 1,563 1,518 1,392 1,470 | 1,415 1,370 1,319 1,348 1,341 1,312 | 1,253 1,284 1,392 1,321 1,331 1,326 | 25,402 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $2,146,224 $2,130,203 $1,788,287 $2,060,537 $2,240,980 $2,552,147 |
$2,728,063 $2,758,982 $2,849,614 $2,585,631 $2,493,911 $2,550,287 |
$2,566,401 $2,188,479 $3,028,364 $2,824,240 $4,019,748 $3,534,679 |
$47,046,778 |
| Recipients | 491 502 451 473 506 578 | 608 642 640 638 620 627 | 637 569 626 570 600 582 | 1,373 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $2,088,421 $2,083,501 $1,758,790 $2,039,806 $2,228,672 $2,520,128 |
$2,723,154 $2,726,601 $2,767,057 $2,552,091 $2,490,894 $2,550,287 |
$2,566,401 $2,188,479 $2,479,798 $2,782,705 $3,983,464 $3,494,700 |
$46,024,950 |
| Recipients | 477 491 445 469 503 575 | 608 637 631 632 619 627 | 637 569 572 558 592 577 | 1,290 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $26,027 $0 $0 $32,019 |
$0 $18,623 $68,682 $31,971 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $442,587 $9,483 $0 $0 |
$652,781 |
| Recipients | 0 0 9 0 0 7 | 0 7 12 8 0 0 | 0 0 58 3 0 0 | 88 | |
| 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 | $57,803 $41,790 $0 $12,395 $7,076 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$122,534 |
| Recipients | 17 14 0 3 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 29 | |
| 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 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $105,979 $32,051 $36,285 $39,979 |
$214,294 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 31 16 11 8 | 59 | |
| 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 $13,757 $13,875 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$32,218 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 3 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | |
| 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 | $-54,740 $0 $0 $0 $630,096 $19,759 |
$22,536 $0 $231,497 $0 $823,045 $0 |
$28,781 $222,805 $0 $3,908,849 $280,417 $1,790,776 |
$7,919,444 |
| Recipients | 26 0 0 0 117 18 | 10 0 104 0 284 0 | 34 210 0 176 26 104 | 576 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $3,891,881 $275,608 $1,790,776 |
$5,958,265 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 172 19 104 | 217 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $-54,740 $0 $0 $0 $630,096 $19,759 |
$22,536 $0 $231,497 $0 $823,045 $0 |
$28,781 $74,408 $0 $14,644 $4,809 $0 |
$1,810,458 |
| Recipients | 26 0 0 0 117 18 | 10 0 104 0 284 0 | 34 37 0 7 7 0 | 427 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | 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 | |
| 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 - Corn | Payments | $248,593 $327,240 $279,744 $311,713 $424,448 $397,048 |
$568,727 $549,452 $637,878 $787,139 $658,723 $765,779 |
$1,567,585 $2,000,078 $2,013,642 $1,604,405 $2,741,221 $2,824,782 |
$18,708,197 |
| Recipients | 855 860 782 765 712 744 | 717 697 674 683 674 661 | 631 643 654 633 634 631 | 12,650 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $293 $390 $338 $92 $205 $179 |
$27 $120 $160 $59 $113 $72 |
$87 $198 $1,057 $54 $165 $181 |
$3,790 |
| Recipients | 54 40 36 34 20 25 | 21 14 11 12 12 11 | 10 7 21 20 20 19 | 387 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $118,583 $139,944 $136,224 $144,112 $184,676 $187,744 |
$228,191 $220,968 $245,313 $402,616 $388,988 $484,333 |
$504,966 $1,251,310 $969,749 $804,987 $1,468,168 $1,253,831 |
$9,134,703 |
| Recipients | 820 812 741 718 659 698 | 675 656 631 649 651 636 | 608 630 641 620 625 624 | 12,094 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $109 $111 $292 $55 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $941 $1,533 $2,023 |
$482 $2,996 $3,655 $1,359 $3,026 $0 |
$16,582 |
| Recipients | 3 3 4 1 0 1 | 0 1 1 2 2 2 | 2 2 19 19 16 15 | 93 |
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.
