USDA subsidies for farms in Montana totaled $6,588,000,000 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 | $203,435,364 $256,835,755 $247,150,964 $376,125,732 $514,205,784 $512,486,923 |
$505,217,234 $301,637,868 $395,234,758 $321,269,186 $437,090,165 $331,147,943 |
$327,912,232 $409,724,446 $380,138,659 $376,656,792 $386,248,960 $305,361,678 |
$6,587,880,444 |
| Recipients | 23,336 25,263 24,143 23,741 24,830 25,197 | 26,073 27,593 25,018 23,497 24,645 23,018 | 21,550 22,995 20,044 19,631 18,683 17,646 | 51,373 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $72,192,179 $137,500,110 $127,011,647 $251,495,922 $312,398,489 $332,917,844 |
$212,239,493 $88,254,428 $126,411,837 $138,320,956 $137,436,767 $126,777,867 |
$104,300,094 $105,151,707 $119,611,624 $136,611,610 $100,477,749 $97,911,818 |
$2,727,022,142 |
| Recipients | 18,795 22,584 21,461 21,229 20,891 21,567 | 21,202 19,641 20,902 19,569 20,210 19,375 | 18,165 17,555 15,938 16,063 15,486 14,691 | 40,555 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $11,810,075 $121,798,682 $107,433,741 $103,639,426 $98,449,397 |
$103,121,254 $104,389,368 $87,101,608 $89,566,733 $87,796,224 $85,239,988 |
$1,000,346,496 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 5,354 20,173 18,866 18,361 17,870 | 17,366 17,088 14,974 14,962 14,666 14,028 | 27,609 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,923,730 $1,579,391 $10,990,349 $10,310,111 |
$7,208 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$24,811,045 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 3,714 4,459 15,730 14,988 | 5 0 0 0 0 0 | 16,296 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $8,477,399 $28,551,336 $10,173,331 $9,620,691 |
$56,822,757 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 919 1,126 1,077 1,038 | 1,265 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $181,691,925 $124,269,971 $142,704,642 $110,034,626 $112,595,817 |
$91,053,089 $69,381,132 $-3,137,139 $-201,496 $-3,034 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$828,389,532 |
| Recipients | 0 20,617 20,847 20,655 18,359 19,296 | 18,674 17,694 3,643 34 4 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 26,743 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $63,660,477 $123,340,495 $123,318,773 |
$105,002,470 $-5,798 $-4,565 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$415,219,011 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 20,341 20,177 19,989 | 19,681 35 6 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 23,707 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $536,947 $1,687,352 |
$3,296,980 $0 $1,876 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$5,523,164 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 151 959 | 1,339 0 4 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,523 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $572,988 |
$1,122,068 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,695,056 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 971 | 880 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,301 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $64,945,345 $-47,789,681 $-993,288 $-108,412 $-20,109 $-9,547 |
$-3,188 $-57,984 $-12,901 $-61,279 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$15,888,954 |
| Recipients | 16,637 12,020 725 73 28 16 | 10 19 6 6 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 15,520 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $42,056,581 $73,586,367 $86,606,508 |
$8,425,833 $851,613 $2,210,523 $28,187,573 $18,703,073 $11,742,437 |
$747,496 $323,440 $18,533,433 $15,070,311 $296,685 $21,227 |
$307,362,375 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 9,272 12,914 12,897 | 4,242 1,075 1,635 7,700 5,301 3,413 | 984 699 1,601 1,382 236 4 | 19,131 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $22,471 $321,900 |
$0 $0 $0 $80,153 $778,952 $300,440 |
$0 $0 $247,360 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,754,291 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 4 12 | 0 0 0 7 24 7 | 0 0 4 0 0 0 | 53 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$15,036 $1,202 $0 $5,068 $8,003 $9,477 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$39,292 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 17 5 0 7 10 12 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 39 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $4,108 $0 $94 $3,018,743 $4,576,914 $4,609,799 |
$460,720 $14,902 $27,749 $418,531 $1,964,203 $4,212,301 |
$101,687 $0 $477,381 $752,444 $0 $0 |
$20,714,777 |
| Recipients | 3 0 3 1,033 1,669 1,330 | 187 28 30 119 626 347 | 33 0 18 30 0 0 | 2,952 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $129,220 $103,280 $20,098 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $2,361,343 $2,467,474 $499,446 $24,389 $1,276,825 |
$178,439 $0 $2,934,124 $323,071 $0 $1,264,452 |
$11,618,478 |
| Recipients | 52 39 35 0 0 0 | 0 134 129 116 97 114 | 93 0 77 78 0 70 | 217 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $6,981,914 $3,504,289 $903 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,487,106 |
| Recipients | 2,656 2,327 7 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2,969 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $616,458 |
$1,042,619 $2,384,690 $1,018,384 $-33,255 $998,907 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$6,027,803 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 918 | 1,148 1,118 682 7 862 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,822 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $3,726,960 $150,143 $0 $0 |
$0 $45,458 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $363,890 $1,831,350 $2,256,539 $2,126,620 $1,765,460 |
$12,266,354 |
| Recipients | 0 0 982 984 0 0 | 0 29 0 0 0 0 | 0 140 189 319 286 267 | 1,832 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $132,318 $-9,703 $-13,092 $-13,698 $320,845 $2,597,797 |
$1,823,745 $1,467,786 $14,666 $30,925 $17,807 $18,431 |
$68,545 $14,800 $2,369 $88,282 $8,463 $0 |
$6,570,286 |
| Recipients | 314 164 124 1,269 1,917 3,438 | 1,206 911 263 954 823 450 | 1,251 539 102 333 166 0 | 9,324 | |
| 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 $102,851 $457,371 $309,461 $458,400 |
$16,155 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,344,237 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 110 221 127 177 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 | 336 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $17,454 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$22,908 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 9 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 10 | |
| 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 |
$59,310 $52,308 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$118,218 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 20 14 0 0 0 0 | 35 | |
| 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 | $14,599,835 $16,691,023 $16,792,054 $15,922,360 $22,480,527 $20,567,429 |
$29,850,048 $39,691,583 $41,883,013 $45,135,350 $56,345,036 $56,233,240 |
$70,683,401 $113,560,262 $121,014,301 $82,693,428 $131,774,499 $124,605,854 |
$1,020,523,243 | |
| Recipients | 36,804 34,128 29,467 30,429 28,934 31,903 | 28,956 32,503 33,302 35,556 39,793 39,066 | 37,797 36,653 35,032 34,372 34,205 34,163 | 613,063 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $107,937,095 $102,573,734 $101,935,734 $107,273,896 $114,712,971 $119,198,614 |
$120,258,527 $120,210,839 $121,604,140 $120,192,285 $140,887,083 $146,205,729 |
$149,842,231 $143,464,986 $136,660,949 $109,295,365 $92,601,725 $76,517,596 |
$2,131,373,499 |
| Recipients | 8,727 8,703 8,442 8,235 8,104 8,962 | 9,624 9,769 8,902 9,053 9,812 10,065 | 10,098 9,783 9,365 7,717 7,138 6,579 | 23,612 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $104,220,990 $99,574,804 $98,967,822 $102,806,112 $110,239,514 $112,541,921 |
$111,584,883 $110,455,613 $113,223,901 $111,518,767 $113,479,152 $117,875,560 |
$117,379,576 $108,719,063 $105,156,065 $100,795,944 $91,902,238 $74,956,473 |
$1,905,398,400 |
| Recipients | 7,645 7,866 7,790 7,599 7,560 7,878 | 8,366 8,351 8,205 8,370 8,385 8,363 | 8,288 7,992 7,711 7,515 7,105 6,370 | 16,451 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $322,247 $1,295,018 $3,029,246 $3,626,122 $2,839,422 |
$3,090,137 $4,072,065 $7,498,800 $7,300,977 $14,804,679 $17,926,056 |
$19,139,381 $21,004,221 $19,539,779 $7,779,573 $0 $0 |
$133,267,724 |
| Recipients | 0 113 252 440 508 473 | 486 644 708 711 1,486 1,919 | 1,970 1,930 1,719 191 0 0 | 5,993 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $11,196,161 $9,162,604 |
$11,960,463 $11,745,719 $8,914,369 $0 $0 $0 |
$52,979,316 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 392 432 | 440 452 392 0 0 0 | 558 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $3,324,808 $2,600,635 $1,454,228 $641,342 $343,944 $161,204 |
$88,262 $7,206 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$8,608,336 |
| Recipients | 1,315 940 522 197 97 55 | 33 5 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2,428 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $195,812 $401,751 |
$183,455 $327,695 $223,369 $84,466 $0 $0 |
$1,416,548 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 32 33 | 38 43 38 7 0 0 | 134 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $190,633 $76,047 $218,665 $797,196 $503,391 $3,655,497 |
$5,397,110 $5,121,209 $696,325 $663,936 $681,001 $278,436 |
$685,221 $595,926 $858,638 $67,600 $201,495 $1,561,123 |
$22,249,450 |
| Recipients | 13 53 108 277 183 1,022 | 1,230 1,345 248 225 162 83 | 156 89 169 18 22 245 | 3,989 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $126,660 |
$179,774 $156,293 $145,738 $182,102 $497,992 $0 |
$1,329,886 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 8 | 12 8 10 12 20 0 | 23 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $2,323 $0 $0 $0 $0 $569 |
$67,067 $275,262 $122,947 $41,626 $34,375 $0 |
$11,282 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$561,771 |
| Recipients | 3 0 0 0 0 3 | 18 31 19 11 12 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 68 | |
| 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 $1,439,688 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,264,688 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 3 | |
| 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 |
$31,067 $279,483 $62,312 $680,127 $454,576 $428,344 |
$303,078 $916,069 $383,303 $560,681 $0 $0 |
$4,099,040 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 7 26 6 6 8 12 | 13 14 13 13 0 0 | 81 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $198,342 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$198,342 |
| Recipients | 159 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 159 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $8,706,255 $70,889 $1,411,530 $1,433,554 $64,613,796 $39,803,037 |
$142,869,166 $53,481,018 $105,335,768 $17,620,595 $102,421,279 $1,931,107 |
$3,086,506 $47,547,491 $2,851,785 $48,056,388 $61,394,987 $6,326,410 |
$708,961,560 |
| Recipients | 2,025 104 844 690 8,773 6,980 | 12,244 13,024 11,525 3,999 9,903 410 | 567 9,117 530 2,371 2,321 556 | 26,479 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $41,582,927 $60,644,524 $5,506,231 |
$107,733,682 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1,639 2,133 392 | 3,520 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $8,186,670 $75,884 $672,122 $1,427,885 $48,494,964 $32,703,737 |
$100,935,714 $18,435,548 $95,112,809 $13,052,589 $71,484,645 $876,316 |
$2,955,233 $38,426,000 $442,651 $353,312 $444,165 $369,359 |
$434,449,603 |
| Recipients | 1,918 99 210 689 6,340 5,828 | 10,182 4,232 10,577 2,884 8,382 281 | 481 6,349 182 149 156 116 | 18,786 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $519,584 $-4,995 $739,408 $0 $16,118,832 $7,099,300 |
$41,933,452 $249,234 $9,815,772 $4,580,300 $30,936,634 $1,054,751 |
$0 $0 $2,404,793 $6,113,947 $306,298 $450,820 |
$122,320,099 |
| Recipients | 129 5 657 0 4,255 1,859 | 6,112 86 2,483 1,432 4,015 131 | 0 0 363 923 78 51 | 10,097 | |
| 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 | $2,125,772 $2,423,604 $2,426,482 $2,523,651 $3,111,102 $2,655,377 |
$3,754,661 $4,847,296 $5,227,507 $4,884,968 $4,573,440 $4,056,955 |
$6,293,133 $11,087,577 $9,164,880 $6,101,989 $11,938,783 $12,622,023 |
$99,819,200 |
| Recipients | 12,861 12,048 10,762 10,297 8,944 9,972 | 8,123 9,189 9,306 10,017 9,852 9,522 | 9,222 9,047 8,981 8,773 8,586 8,439 | 173,941 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Canola | Payments | $11,707 $3,429 $2,436 $36,595 $169,459 $167,736 |
$185,514 $129,580 $97,691 $62,893 $70,021 $42,883 |
$47,174 $86,660 $71,064 $174,627 $528,089 $678,266 |
$2,565,824 |
| Recipients | 33 41 37 163 483 854 | 788 989 1,049 1,206 1,245 1,258 | 1,255 1,252 1,362 1,367 1,400 1,494 | 16,276 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $171,333 $138,849 $118,930 $126,650 $170,482 $123,949 |
$185,862 $212,344 $247,027 $314,918 $304,493 $293,580 |
$622,747 $751,744 $703,517 $626,128 $1,005,641 $1,007,980 |
$7,126,174 |
| Recipients | 687 519 388 366 352 396 | 358 395 414 431 447 458 | 479 494 522 551 561 598 | 8,416 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Flax | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $8,958 $16,592 |
$22,008 $37,974 $34,042 $58,718 $126,634 $152,087 |
$103,029 $97,235 $132,091 $154,100 $219,387 $229,618 |
$1,392,473 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 8 104 | 131 199 214 297 474 651 | 678 664 659 649 657 661 | 6,046 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Mustard Seed | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $36,548 $25,374 |
$91,931 $522,976 $235,385 $188,548 $141,259 $416,750 |
$1,658,771 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 169 254 | 316 385 433 446 440 491 | 2,934 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $164,935 $95,383 $123,964 $132,367 $131,776 $102,247 |
$123,392 $199,976 $178,927 $155,432 $147,025 $101,602 |
$149,671 $184,654 $174,253 $134,707 $130,857 $141,916 |
$2,573,084 |
| Recipients | 2,814 2,540 2,246 2,143 1,807 2,191 | 1,691 2,072 2,324 2,632 2,651 2,540 | 2,409 2,329 2,457 2,407 2,362 2,336 | 41,951 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Safflower | Payments | $59,245 $35,295 $56,158 $139,603 $157,961 $109,981 |
$89,444 $130,078 $164,117 $115,661 $110,835 $180,731 |
$203,408 $283,179 $271,102 $249,309 $287,650 $340,686 |
$2,984,443 |
| Recipients | 626 583 546 574 536 706 | 554 656 713 870 894 950 | 971 965 1,005 1,011 1,018 1,012 | 14,190 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$86 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$86 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,408 $1,873 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $9,426 $1,908 |
$14,615 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 2 2 3 2 1 | 1 0 0 0 4 2 | 17 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sunflowers | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,894 $1,457 |
$2,621 $5,532 $13,561 $7,397 $16,178 $17,192 |
$22,512 $20,353 $31,397 $47,857 $22,534 $81,517 |
$297,002 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 9 15 | 14 13 16 19 26 65 | 75 80 79 90 99 110 | 710 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $11,286,541 $13,403,598 $13,549,880 $12,179,212 $17,190,412 $14,887,122 |
$21,216,470 $28,384,979 $29,057,453 $31,251,407 $34,354,188 $35,949,249 |
$48,843,373 $85,740,772 $95,883,269 $58,065,990 $99,745,140 $89,814,808 |
$740,803,863 |
| Recipients | 16,525 15,810 13,878 13,324 12,756 12,624 | 11,903 12,044 11,904 11,955 11,722 11,392 | 10,966 10,822 10,714 10,490 10,437 10,388 | 219,654 |
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.
