USDA subsidies for farms in Tama County, Iowa totaled $349,144,000 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 | $12,644,764 $8,163,635 $11,528,654 $18,033,742 $31,825,912 $33,085,087 |
$29,958,727 $12,184,407 $15,699,807 $19,938,929 $33,718,530 $19,328,206 |
$14,633,347 $17,250,612 $16,701,934 $18,926,390 $18,506,175 $17,014,941 |
$349,143,799 |
| Recipients | 1,690 1,659 1,674 1,585 1,642 1,669 | 1,630 1,557 1,614 1,570 1,640 1,612 | 1,525 1,485 1,449 1,426 1,437 1,404 | 3,183 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $8,829,906 $4,452,544 $8,179,193 $14,882,852 $27,522,680 $28,941,967 |
$25,055,480 $7,205,948 $10,559,153 $13,991,129 $26,309,973 $13,386,218 |
$7,201,132 $7,249,607 $6,860,568 $6,802,984 $6,822,731 $6,871,518 |
$231,125,583 |
| Recipients | 1,314 1,402 1,425 1,348 1,407 1,414 | 1,349 1,231 1,271 1,230 1,291 1,263 | 1,156 1,109 1,039 1,010 1,024 1,010 | 2,551 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $805,681 $9,032,524 $7,133,842 $7,467,623 $7,077,047 |
$7,188,644 $7,248,530 $6,236,088 $6,211,646 $6,164,070 $6,226,891 |
$70,792,586 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 349 1,241 1,187 1,173 1,164 | 1,146 1,103 972 934 956 944 | 1,742 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,239,393 $1,158,431 $6,285,423 $5,252,250 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$13,935,497 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 718 798 1,221 1,160 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,251 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $506,077 $577,699 $574,787 $561,645 |
$2,220,208 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 93 107 107 106 | 115 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $6,276,671 $9,428,870 $8,593,217 $7,020,572 $7,003,727 |
$5,489,889 $4,692,358 $-47,409 $-27,461 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$48,430,435 |
| Recipients | 0 1,343 1,365 1,342 1,220 1,247 | 1,175 1,116 568 3 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,715 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $3,878,500 $7,606,792 $7,659,007 |
$6,438,584 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$25,582,883 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1,318 1,299 1,268 | 1,227 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,496 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $27,415 $103,436 |
$13,530 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$144,382 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 22 22 | 40 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 61 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,050,080 |
$2,069,653 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,119,733 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 957 | 916 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,054 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $8,717,512 $-1,835,974 $-1,251,291 $-1,688 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$5,628,275 |
| Recipients | 1,271 579 454 5 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,220 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $2,033,436 $9,235,448 $10,173,068 |
$9,274,417 $594,664 $55,265 $5,496,807 $11,127,719 $404,148 |
$1,842 $1,052 $1,119 $1,755 $588 $0 |
$48,401,330 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 774 1,091 1,084 | 1,006 456 193 822 875 276 | 26 16 15 15 7 0 | 1,495 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $31,112 |
$19,875 $0 $0 $0 $216,955 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$267,942 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 4 | 5 0 0 0 12 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 19 | |
| 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 $377,678 $3,232,759 $2,905,901 |
$1,736,216 $1,014,956 $114,704 $205,848 $1,204,922 $602,804 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$11,395,788 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 130 332 302 | 226 163 123 92 171 107 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 448 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $7,463 $4,827 $1,613 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $77,739 $152,847 $23,578 $590 $49,969 |
$10,639 $0 $117,256 $6,622 $0 $61,552 |
$514,694 |
| Recipients | 19 8 16 0 0 0 | 0 18 20 20 14 16 | 11 0 8 8 0 7 | 46 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $15,966 $7,021 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$22,987 |
| Recipients | 62 49 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 70 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $12,712 |
$1,832 $16,800 $7,209 $0 $6,732 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$45,284 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 29 | 4 42 25 0 27 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 61 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $4,977 $83,286 $0 |
$109,693 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3 17 0 | 22 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $88,966 $0 $0 $1,710 $399,823 $3,078 |
$11,484 $0 $0 $83 $8 $0 |
$0 $24 $0 $284 $0 $0 |
$513,866 |
| Recipients | 40 0 0 335 654 414 | 3 0 0 24 3 0 | 0 3 0 8 0 0 | 883 | |
| 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 | $582,313 $774,652 $644,253 $651,546 $945,295 $1,051,468 |
$1,402,758 $1,410,380 $1,573,600 $2,335,790 $2,129,584 $2,468,680 |
$4,096,101 $6,505,048 $5,464,540 $4,446,046 $7,868,200 $6,698,840 |
$51,049,094 | |
| Recipients | 2,662 2,684 2,110 1,988 1,906 2,050 | 1,996 1,905 1,800 1,871 1,874 1,886 | 1,911 1,999 2,085 2,024 2,084 2,040 | 36,875 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $3,256,692 $2,943,540 $2,709,870 $2,503,047 $2,862,767 $2,941,185 |
$3,359,993 $3,568,080 $3,373,749 $3,610,994 $3,376,312 $3,473,308 |
$3,336,114 $3,320,354 $4,357,581 $3,664,731 $3,639,839 $3,359,875 |
$59,658,030 |
| Recipients | 559 475 503 473 499 558 | 611 644 674 669 679 694 | 706 690 729 686 692 669 | 1,496 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $3,022,133 $2,872,091 $2,681,322 $2,465,785 $2,840,055 $2,923,541 |
$3,336,634 $3,520,241 $3,329,403 $3,578,832 $3,375,107 $3,463,164 |
$3,334,909 $3,319,149 $3,695,940 $3,587,420 $3,638,634 $3,308,261 |
$58,292,620 |
| Recipients | 471 453 489 469 495 556 | 604 638 669 666 678 693 | 705 689 686 683 691 663 | 1,364 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $11,301 $9,979 $37,262 $22,712 $17,644 |
$20,659 $31,778 $34,475 $30,957 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $354,423 $57,232 $0 $0 |
$628,422 |
| Recipients | 0 5 6 9 9 5 | 9 12 5 5 0 0 | 0 0 31 3 0 0 | 66 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $179,718 $0 $0 $0 |
$179,718 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 14 0 0 0 | 14 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $84,765 $60,148 $18,569 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$163,482 |
| Recipients | 45 26 9 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 73 | |
| 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 | $149,794 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $103,106 $18,875 $0 $51,614 |
$323,389 |
| Recipients | 61 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 25 5 0 15 | 105 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$9,640 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 | |
| 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 $9,871 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$60,760 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 8 | |
| 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 | $-24,147 $-7,101 $0 $0 $495,170 $150,468 |
$140,496 $0 $193,305 $0 $1,902,661 $0 |
$0 $175,603 $19,245 $4,012,629 $175,406 $84,708 |
$7,311,093 |
| Recipients | 25 3 0 0 129 78 | 69 0 81 0 405 0 | 0 40 6 156 18 21 | 577 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $4,012,629 $175,406 $84,708 |
$4,272,743 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 156 18 21 | 167 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $-24,147 $-7,101 $0 $0 $495,170 $150,468 |
$140,496 $0 $193,305 $0 $1,902,661 $0 |
$0 $168,426 $19,245 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,031,173 |
| Recipients | 25 3 0 0 129 78 | 69 0 81 0 405 0 | 0 27 6 0 0 0 | 524 | |
| 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 | $440,435 $591,493 $462,316 $489,171 $683,975 $751,117 |
$999,766 $1,049,890 $1,119,373 $1,510,819 $1,318,844 $1,488,504 |
$3,084,468 $3,909,267 $3,720,610 $2,974,542 $5,482,603 $4,514,571 |
$34,591,764 |
| Recipients | 1,413 1,463 1,167 1,103 1,051 1,131 | 1,104 1,063 991 1,034 1,030 1,034 | 1,065 1,133 1,123 1,126 1,165 1,111 | 20,307 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $472 $456 $504 $364 $381 $306 |
$216 $101 $140 $229 $563 $551 |
$331 $430 $686 $395 $189 $758 |
$7,072 |
| Recipients | 88 77 68 58 44 47 | 37 24 26 27 25 23 | 23 23 26 24 22 21 | 683 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $141,406 $182,703 $181,433 $162,011 $260,939 $299,733 |
$402,308 $360,389 $454,087 $824,742 $810,177 $979,625 |
$1,011,302 $2,595,351 $1,725,418 $1,468,816 $2,383,165 $2,181,536 |
$16,425,141 |
| Recipients | 1,161 1,144 875 827 811 871 | 854 817 782 809 819 829 | 823 843 844 860 880 892 | 15,741 |
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.
