USDA subsidies for farms in Kentucky totaled $3,786,000,000 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 | $78,873,777 $86,351,922 $92,609,567 $149,150,827 $245,838,879 $464,744,988 |
$310,613,186 $154,126,550 $163,226,666 $162,968,816 $251,001,279 $177,252,798 |
$144,378,921 $291,353,564 $260,715,671 $244,915,655 $246,994,607 $260,455,501 |
$3,785,573,174 |
| Recipients | 26,132 53,368 53,432 52,784 62,702 139,316 | 137,720 74,081 122,016 50,314 55,104 53,763 | 49,808 69,302 60,859 59,986 57,717 56,262 | 199,936 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $38,045,748 $49,214,324 $59,498,697 $119,789,140 $179,391,795 $354,565,359 |
$254,558,135 $71,445,817 $102,973,482 $101,758,551 $167,046,486 $111,048,475 |
$55,234,889 $101,766,085 $109,422,716 $104,608,541 $96,223,626 $95,146,808 |
$2,171,738,675 |
| Recipients | 18,584 50,350 50,673 50,924 52,019 134,143 | 136,229 53,334 120,181 46,331 50,336 49,978 | 43,405 59,319 54,097 53,662 53,643 52,321 | 185,632 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $2,213,112 $71,234,658 $55,341,971 $55,401,467 $54,904,214 |
$54,000,078 $53,682,866 $42,514,636 $42,005,899 $42,032,632 $40,620,494 |
$513,952,027 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 7,854 48,777 45,445 45,790 45,225 | 42,889 38,608 31,683 31,225 31,326 29,554 | 69,932 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $3,732,502 $3,366,713 $43,093,144 $45,161,404 |
$44,311 $4,618 $0 $39 $0 $0 |
$95,402,981 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 2,125 2,366 43,030 44,041 | 64 4 0 3 0 0 | 47,882 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $6,368,201 $16,133,108 $9,492,424 $7,387,190 |
$39,380,923 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 968 1,134 1,140 1,159 | 1,407 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $51,984,673 $66,528,868 $62,251,504 $52,868,242 $50,897,791 |
$39,645,981 $37,132,889 $-1,576,015 $-24,625 $3,525 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$359,712,834 |
| Recipients | 0 49,415 49,926 50,374 46,186 47,268 | 45,733 46,080 6,248 123 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 64,926 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $28,857,733 $56,161,251 $55,986,401 |
$47,167,307 $40,498 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$188,213,190 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 49,873 49,654 49,224 | 48,911 36 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 57,562 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $3,503,723 $147,228,321 |
$56,119,652 $2,845,811 $-125 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$209,697,680 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 2,296 118,858 | 121,075 12,525 5 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 124,530 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,544,383 |
$12,341,945 $23,827 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$18,910,155 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 11,857 | 11,928 89 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 16,183 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $36,645,162 $-3,610,592 $-7,392,800 $-60,812 $-6,156 $-3,720 |
$-765 $-13,029 $-4,327 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$25,552,962 |
| Recipients | 17,440 8,025 5,028 116 18 17 | 8 13 5 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 16,939 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $27,934,272 $62,315,200 $87,479,846 |
$94,769,410 $12,948,488 $916,005 $39,129,661 $63,874,503 $4,973,932 |
$145,661 $5,241 $4,545 $5,057 $1,385 $0 |
$394,503,155 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 11,191 16,909 17,603 | 16,480 4,892 1,560 10,632 11,335 1,854 | 153 41 25 24 11 0 | 28,318 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $3,358,582 |
$526,939 $0 $0 $668,862 $2,812,072 $68,312 |
$125,319 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$7,561,448 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 105 | 13 0 0 15 73 7 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 | 169 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$152,159 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$153,739 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 281 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 282 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $802,060 $3,215,696 $2,870,386 |
$3,634,083 $1,767,476 $73,003 $488,116 $1,648,171 $256,025 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$14,755,015 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 204 502 393 | 404 241 75 90 210 145 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 994 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $1,239,449 $796,672 $279,965 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $14,309,088 $15,988,722 $2,783,278 $122,949 $5,675,343 |
$894,167 $296 $13,419,675 $759,721 $1,168 $5,257,984 |
$61,532,428 |
| Recipients | 1,416 974 1,349 0 0 0 | 0 1,928 1,847 1,541 1,037 1,318 | 1,177 8 1,041 1,056 6 761 | 3,858 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $93,939 $43,799 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$137,737 |
| Recipients | 264 228 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 309 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $103,999 |
$27,101 $88,982 $42,605 $1,899 $74,830 $2,025 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$341,442 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 147 | 50 155 104 6 178 6 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 354 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $93,252 $12,856 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$15,402 $1,015,889 $2,303,733 $3,069,745 $2,823,741 $421,343 |
$9,755,961 |
| Recipients | 0 0 44 45 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 38 400 369 669 610 88 | 1,712 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $67,250 $-228 $-10,589 $-10,012 $1,332,480 $99,370 |
$171,909 $88,675 $41,543 $1,286 $14,246 $7,220 |
$9,950 $14,882 $666 $3,564 $594 $0 |
$1,832,807 |
| Recipients | 104 105 75 307 2,605 4,791 | 3,052 1,310 330 649 1,039 259 | 732 951 48 47 20 0 | 10,950 | |
| 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 $12,524,910 $-192 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$12,524,718 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 106,125 4 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 106,126 | |
| Total Tobacco Transition Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $47,042,294 $44,811,010 $42,631,408 $41,855,682 $41,459,796 |
$217,800,190 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 30,765 30,126 29,556 29,577 29,600 | 34,806 | |
| 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 | $11,514,881 $11,685,925 $9,568,863 $8,690,503 $14,018,760 $13,477,663 |
$16,644,022 $15,820,672 $17,959,123 $22,103,969 $20,513,755 $22,974,259 |
$34,930,047 $61,503,219 $63,782,903 $58,262,228 $98,585,822 $93,349,979 |
$595,386,593 | |
| Recipients | 105,548 61,108 38,886 27,434 32,734 37,586 | 33,955 29,859 27,234 25,208 21,894 19,677 | 18,712 20,800 21,426 20,488 23,140 24,703 | 590,392 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $28,247,527 $25,434,659 $23,529,977 $20,608,054 $20,298,113 $37,883,593 |
$29,632,455 $30,814,614 $31,243,167 $37,895,805 $46,071,762 $42,478,820 |
$48,874,283 $79,666,237 $83,981,199 $60,063,432 $46,990,833 $42,023,932 |
$735,738,460 |
| Recipients | 9,722 8,696 8,113 6,558 6,634 18,244 | 7,587 7,928 8,397 10,560 10,294 11,236 | 11,569 11,786 15,381 12,595 10,057 9,050 | 43,888 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $25,359,578 $23,181,300 $19,997,812 $17,383,207 $17,954,173 $21,299,360 |
$27,590,480 $28,950,138 $28,844,619 $30,623,498 $30,402,295 $30,093,433 |
$34,593,509 $51,712,105 $48,752,333 $45,835,573 $44,827,279 $41,636,583 |
$569,037,276 |
| Recipients | 8,055 7,670 6,646 5,208 5,222 5,856 | 6,922 7,476 7,977 8,530 8,960 9,331 | 9,913 10,047 9,894 9,898 9,524 8,998 | 20,729 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $132,629 $1,191,396 $1,698,864 $1,524,281 $1,606,506 |
$1,659,301 $1,561,596 $2,212,604 $2,596,149 $7,411,661 $9,133,407 |
$9,103,280 $12,127,871 $10,151,810 $1,774,892 $0 $0 |
$63,886,247 |
| Recipients | 0 63 371 629 527 444 | 432 409 457 511 1,291 1,670 | 1,640 1,712 1,293 87 0 0 | 6,328 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $551,005 $887,677 |
$1,046,411 $947,563 $572,808 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,005,464 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 60 110 | 115 114 61 0 0 0 | 134 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $2,834,460 $1,754,777 $1,471,046 $569,124 $120,002 $11,722 |
$2,467 $17,079 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$6,780,675 |
| Recipients | 1,772 936 558 261 63 20 | 3 4 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2,904 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $162,805 $359,377 |
$226,646 $443,425 $453,827 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,652,314 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 89 184 | 122 169 185 0 0 0 | 522 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $19,932 $365,953 $869,724 $956,860 $699,656 $4,572,999 |
$174,463 $129,874 $26,285 $4,438,491 $171,388 $546,519 |
$120,106 $75,062 $20,041,873 $11,559,207 $2,129,335 $342,379 |
$47,240,107 |
| Recipients | 10 104 644 588 929 5,961 | 208 83 20 1,696 93 229 | 22 21 5,246 3,020 592 53 | 16,159 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $138,238 |
$113,010 $113,223 $87,758 $29,357 $34,218 $44,970 |
$573,146 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 23 | 23 23 19 18 15 3 | 37 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $16,557 $0 $0 $0 $0 $10,392,986 |
$98,282 $143,570 $24,847 $9,210 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,689,211 |
| Recipients | 11 0 0 0 0 8,529 | 89 30 16 5 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 8,605 | |
| 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 |
$107,461 $12,357 $134,812 $228,457 $7,356,475 $1,320,168 |
$3,671,321 $14,246,987 $3,920,790 $858,170 $0 $0 |
$31,857,019 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 11 9 14 8 19 16 | 18 15 21 9 0 0 | 91 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $17,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$17,000 |
| Recipients | 20 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 20 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $1,065,621 $17,014 $12,030 $63,131 $32,130,212 $58,818,373 |
$9,778,574 $36,045,447 $11,050,894 $1,210,490 $17,369,276 $751,244 |
$5,339,703 $48,418,023 $3,528,853 $21,979,780 $5,190,819 $29,934,782 |
$282,704,264 |
| Recipients | 405 14 8 28 16,473 35,403 | 3,677 36,390 3,609 534 4,425 180 | 5,686 19,276 1,103 3,281 562 1,608 | 61,864 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $16,427,176 $4,153,948 $29,633,014 |
$50,214,138 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1,032 320 1,585 | 2,351 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $902,220 $9,712 $4,673 $63,131 $28,450,989 $41,335,380 |
$8,563,516 $298,637 $10,552,532 $1,227,340 $16,045,212 $747,064 |
$1,146,516 $35,514,456 $1,887,760 $526,545 $531,801 $176,663 |
$147,984,147 |
| Recipients | 352 11 7 28 10,851 16,813 | 2,234 135 1,972 340 3,273 176 | 121 3,785 310 56 86 30 | 26,698 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $90,502 $0 $0 $0 $3,679,223 $17,482,993 |
$1,215,058 $0 $167,335 $47,856 $1,338,736 $4,180 |
$0 $0 $1,635,617 $4,929,754 $505,070 $11,040 |
$31,107,364 |
| Recipients | 49 0 0 0 6,827 27,979 | 1,487 0 956 185 1,211 4 | 0 0 813 2,235 178 3 | 31,741 | |
| 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 | $72,898 $7,302 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $96,304 $0 $0 |
$297,926 |
| Recipients | 8 3 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 15 | |
| 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 | $14,391 $16,891 $4,791 $4,511 $4,023 $6,764 |
$8,764 $8,041 $6,442 $7,469 $10,820 $8,111 |
$6,550 $15,688 $42,217 $31,439 $35,249 $99,566 |
$331,727 |
| Recipients | 197 192 63 66 63 63 | 51 58 59 63 63 60 | 62 69 90 104 116 116 | 1,555 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Canola | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$20,011 $9,256 $6,908 $6,351 $12,999 $9,921 |
$0 $4,936 $2,321 $3,111 $42,986 $36,383 |
$155,183 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 3 3 4 4 4 | 4 10 9 6 11 8 | 69 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $3,841,891 $2,935,053 $2,135,750 $2,231,188 $4,335,765 $4,748,168 |
$6,635,814 $6,180,031 $7,323,619 $9,010,725 $8,306,477 $8,407,930 |
$18,034,784 $21,943,451 $24,847,522 $23,998,077 $42,759,477 $39,854,174 |
$237,529,896 |
| Recipients | 16,203 9,702 6,240 4,321 5,094 6,577 | 6,395 5,920 5,682 5,564 5,243 5,043 | 5,091 5,767 6,062 6,085 6,998 7,725 | 119,712 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Rice | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $3,572 $1,513 $2,675 $1,653 $0 |
$9,413 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 2 2 2 2 2 | 10 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $23,276 $12,076 $3,704 $6,884 $10,808 $13,929 |
$20,237 $14,967 $44,524 $36,470 $79,905 $35,510 |
$62,358 $97,277 $37,133 $38,524 $98,452 $76,600 |
$712,634 |
| Recipients | 493 424 212 176 217 253 | 256 235 251 321 383 390 | 397 410 419 397 407 393 | 6,034 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $3,069,024 $2,365,340 $1,801,949 $1,958,070 $2,887,400 $4,156,414 |
$5,251,177 $5,006,536 $5,555,260 $7,811,303 $7,567,838 $9,428,656 |
$9,575,614 $27,617,623 $24,104,196 $21,056,758 $37,188,554 $32,322,232 |
$208,723,944 |
| Recipients | 9,405 6,099 3,807 2,825 3,788 6,289 | 6,324 5,775 5,394 5,214 5,020 4,830 | 4,730 5,531 5,828 5,821 6,728 7,317 | 100,725 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Cotton | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $766 |
$4,407 $0 $6,394 $2,727 $12,056 $18,865 |
$0 $0 $0 $4,189 $22,651 $0 |
$72,055 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1 0 1 1 2 6 | 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 14 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $808,515 $876,616 $461,551 $453,511 $554,503 $732,297 |
$655,558 $691,541 $912,704 $989,218 $890,542 $859,110 |
$1,543,951 $4,330,856 $6,063,481 $4,959,358 $10,684,252 $11,149,273 |
$47,616,837 |
| Recipients | 4,958 4,453 1,893 1,340 1,607 1,792 | 1,711 1,618 1,646 1,620 1,514 1,430 | 1,398 1,764 2,337 2,356 2,706 2,923 | 39,066 |
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.
