USDA subsidies for farms in Wabasha County, Minnesota totaled $154,249,000 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 | $4,784,057 $3,921,620 $4,595,016 $6,740,491 $13,885,566 $14,208,345 |
$10,196,172 $6,830,497 $10,552,116 $8,549,849 $14,723,488 $9,295,497 |
$5,831,746 $7,101,687 $11,386,965 $5,980,533 $7,226,906 $8,438,325 |
$154,248,875 |
| Recipients | 975 1,018 1,004 917 985 986 | 929 984 1,057 950 1,001 1,007 | 948 914 920 888 823 822 | 1,929 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $2,987,179 $2,276,904 $3,191,627 $5,772,206 $12,613,493 $12,941,099 |
$8,384,761 $5,124,952 $7,547,257 $6,289,106 $12,031,005 $7,353,151 |
$3,040,857 $2,788,050 $6,842,397 $2,880,307 $2,619,394 $4,351,712 |
$109,035,456 |
| Recipients | 715 822 837 806 866 855 | 775 815 859 768 810 822 | 761 711 713 688 628 638 | 1,582 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $43,011 $3,688,714 $2,818,265 $2,820,473 $2,767,307 |
$2,750,133 $2,787,605 $2,413,222 $2,402,727 $2,353,215 $2,279,098 |
$27,123,770 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 34 786 693 707 703 | 705 709 642 611 604 570 | 1,078 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $335,473 $304,496 $3,013,281 $2,698,622 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$6,353,204 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 219 277 710 704 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 756 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $211,899 $232,982 $216,990 $198,610 |
$860,481 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 53 53 54 51 | 62 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $2,551,406 $3,667,233 $3,153,471 $2,657,425 $2,708,815 |
$2,145,245 $1,936,017 $-31,823 $-97 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$18,787,692 |
| Recipients | 0 765 791 787 703 714 | 692 699 488 3 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 997 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,530,380 $2,943,879 $2,921,422 |
$2,481,358 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$9,875,907 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 767 752 723 | 716 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 867 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $661,075 $2,521,051 |
$48,791 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,230,917 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 321 343 | 20 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 358 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $232,835 |
$456,418 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$689,253 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 396 | 369 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 442 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $2,782,129 $-379,205 $-644,332 $-6,763 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,751,829 |
| Recipients | 637 267 329 8 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 613 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $837,255 $5,429,420 $3,834,606 |
$2,678,032 $392,576 $24,297 $2,518,449 $5,544,123 $299,839 |
$9,738 $378 $5,037 $580 $0 $0 |
$21,574,433 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 365 657 620 | 579 274 113 497 542 167 | 23 3 20 3 0 0 | 870 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $268,281 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$268,281 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 7 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 7 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$157 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $253,829 $824,873 $708,978 |
$483,487 $136,197 $8,649 $42,024 $357,008 $197,330 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,012,374 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 88 130 124 | 96 69 32 29 80 67 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 214 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $193,788 $99,922 $32,056 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $2,560,779 $3,458,161 $605,852 $25,236 $1,389,947 |
$279,569 $0 $4,212,196 $243,913 $0 $1,784,073 |
$14,885,491 |
| Recipients | 177 107 123 0 0 0 | 0 267 282 252 227 245 | 223 0 224 228 0 191 | 502 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $10,216 $4,763 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$14,979 |
| Recipients | 43 35 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 51 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $10,707 |
$0 $2,199 $6,048 $0 $2,484 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$21,493 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 16 | 0 10 16 0 8 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 31 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $136,666 $3,163 $0 $1,762 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $49,057 $89,931 |
$280,579 |
| Recipients | 0 0 56 56 0 3 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 13 19 | 81 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $1,047 $19 $3 $871 $96,821 $923 |
$91,276 $54,173 $58,869 $117 $119 $47 |
$86 $67 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$304,616 |
| Recipients | 9 3 6 150 167 68 | 23 15 24 37 16 4 | 7 3 0 0 0 0 | 398 | |
| 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 | $322,413 $374,933 $320,893 $352,486 $494,729 $468,405 |
$665,428 $687,545 $787,582 $1,107,081 $917,799 $948,631 |
$1,778,807 $2,908,461 $2,681,356 $2,114,891 $3,646,152 $3,206,445 |
$23,784,037 | |
| Recipients | 1,348 1,141 1,046 1,064 1,105 1,129 | 1,124 1,103 1,084 1,095 1,059 1,052 | 1,039 1,063 1,149 1,141 1,146 1,204 | 20,092 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $1,457,368 $1,285,459 $967,960 $615,799 $697,044 $794,760 |
$913,483 $1,005,282 $809,731 $1,151,342 $929,807 $993,436 |
$1,012,082 $994,583 $1,863,006 $985,335 $941,410 $880,167 |
$18,298,053 |
| Recipients | 395 351 293 216 219 244 | 280 293 286 309 308 319 | 322 315 320 293 291 265 | 778 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $1,302,648 $1,178,944 $881,859 $580,961 $635,082 $678,417 |
$873,149 $945,767 $750,042 $903,151 $925,907 $993,436 |
$1,012,082 $990,164 $915,634 $937,078 $898,791 $814,596 |
$16,217,707 |
| Recipients | 332 320 274 210 208 227 | 263 278 278 298 308 319 | 322 314 294 288 281 261 | 661 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $29,173 $61,962 $116,343 |
$38,534 $57,860 $51,420 $245,491 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $937,945 $43,838 $0 $0 |
$1,582,565 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 7 12 20 | 20 15 8 19 0 0 | 0 0 30 6 0 0 | 78 | |
| 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 | $150,611 $106,515 $86,101 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$348,892 |
| Recipients | 84 48 23 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 135 | |
| 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 $0 $0 $36,743 $65,572 |
$106,610 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 8 5 | 13 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $5,876 $0 |
$19,133 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 3 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $4,109 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$22,433 |
| Recipients | 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 | |
| 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 | $17,097 $-15,676 $114,536 $0 $80,300 $0 |
$232,500 $12,718 $1,407,546 $2,320 $844,877 $0 |
$0 $410,593 $0 $0 $19,951 $0 |
$3,131,329 |
| Recipients | 16 3 195 0 31 0 | 31 3 554 4 358 0 | 0 223 0 0 4 0 | 692 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $19,951 $0 |
$19,951 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 4 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $17,097 $-15,676 $0 $0 $80,300 $0 |
$232,500 $12,718 $326,066 $2,320 $732,806 $0 |
$0 $270,995 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,663,413 |
| Recipients | 16 3 0 0 31 0 | 31 3 129 4 188 0 | 0 91 0 0 0 0 | 288 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $0 $0 $114,536 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $111,825 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$226,640 |
| Recipients | 0 0 195 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 242 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 350 | |
| 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 | $1,026 $1,036 $1,037 $796 $570 $537 |
$327 $558 $627 $628 $449 $910 |
$1,007 $1,872 $864 $2,039 $360 $197 |
$14,840 |
| Recipients | 30 25 29 32 31 32 | 32 31 29 26 26 25 | 22 22 22 20 17 18 | 469 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $244,427 $288,253 $228,200 $260,371 $345,289 $324,535 |
$454,730 $491,858 $552,135 $747,633 $607,920 $593,521 |
$1,426,572 $1,905,960 $1,913,653 $1,479,282 $2,765,059 $2,449,605 |
$17,079,003 |
| Recipients | 642 522 466 452 463 469 | 468 454 448 451 437 435 | 434 448 445 443 454 488 | 8,419 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $5,710 $4,132 $3,325 $3,556 $3,594 $2,878 |
$2,965 $4,533 $3,822 $3,011 $3,773 $2,203 |
$2,636 $3,729 $5,450 $3,226 $3,259 $2,486 |
$64,288 |
| Recipients | 184 154 131 126 115 107 | 104 100 94 86 77 72 | 69 65 68 59 58 49 | 1,718 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $47,748 $63,487 $68,475 $66,392 $111,244 $108,298 |
$166,088 $146,942 $191,249 $301,224 $259,661 $301,125 |
$293,408 $918,946 $658,826 $528,064 $768,141 $643,081 |
$5,642,399 |
| Recipients | 350 321 309 328 352 374 | 377 377 375 383 378 378 | 374 389 390 388 393 412 | 6,648 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $259 $235 $299 $276 $449 $0 |
$97 $288 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $4,225 $675 $2,447 $769 $96 |
$10,115 |
| Recipients | 7 7 5 4 4 4 | 4 5 5 4 4 4 | 4 5 7 7 7 7 | 94 |
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.
