USDA subsidies for farms in New Jersey totaled $233,813,000 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 | $6,367,113 $4,063,904 $4,717,237 $6,717,010 $11,678,277 $24,397,094 |
$18,886,895 $8,981,280 $14,978,372 $11,301,796 $20,129,992 $14,486,630 |
$12,700,138 $17,600,943 $15,823,347 $17,027,536 $12,559,331 $11,396,149 |
$233,813,045 |
| Recipients | 850 951 922 818 1,103 1,506 | 1,255 1,127 1,084 966 1,094 1,065 | 1,073 1,154 1,083 954 902 853 | 3,337 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $2,625,735 $2,701,776 $2,785,418 $5,021,987 $8,393,787 $10,645,287 |
$12,873,008 $5,055,142 $6,617,725 $4,899,009 $7,905,505 $6,492,755 |
$2,841,855 $2,796,720 $4,517,607 $2,576,633 $2,624,504 $3,016,105 |
$94,390,555 |
| Recipients | 595 878 828 749 970 1,058 | 1,107 907 916 815 847 828 | 766 736 711 719 698 681 | 2,168 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $4,314,694 $2,977,665 $2,722,777 $2,666,408 |
$2,607,430 $2,769,181 $2,508,424 $2,466,329 $2,509,216 $2,269,637 |
$27,811,761 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 794 738 712 698 | 698 710 675 677 686 659 | 1,200 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $12,971 $-12,971 $2,098,003 $2,244,392 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,344,971 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 11 11 649 646 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 700 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 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 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $2,768,646 $3,257,330 $2,757,248 $2,473,233 $2,350,039 |
$1,904,941 $1,755,680 $-57,536 $-26,876 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$17,182,705 |
| Recipients | 0 744 750 724 720 741 | 719 693 209 31 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 997 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,392,834 $2,609,021 $2,596,848 |
$2,153,465 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$8,752,168 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 723 738 746 | 721 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 908 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $496,916 $625,054 |
$1,238,299 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,360,269 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 188 214 | 201 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 242 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $493,621 |
$939,166 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,432,787 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 417 | 430 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 505 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $2,337,624 $-208,446 $-536,722 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,584,139 |
| Recipients | 394 218 169 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 380 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $792,290 $2,435,729 $4,407,847 |
$5,987,797 $1,311,505 $13,017 $1,548,054 $2,917,876 $828,126 |
$1,659 $5,265 $0 $621 $413 $0 |
$20,250,766 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 262 444 538 | 629 329 31 251 398 167 | 5 9 0 5 3 0 | 923 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | 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 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 $77,361 $309,818 $145,504 |
$225,749 $86,618 $805 $42,403 $124,605 $16,293 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,029,157 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 30 44 25 | 43 18 4 5 24 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 78 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $255,859 $125,088 $44,449 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $1,726,260 $2,079,701 $369,859 $2,427 $734,115 |
$132,527 $0 $2,003,767 $98,456 $0 $713,901 |
$8,289,415 |
| Recipients | 131 70 113 0 0 0 | 0 135 140 126 50 110 | 101 0 104 105 0 78 | 303 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $27,704 $12,898 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$40,602 |
| Recipients | 99 92 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 111 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $15,001 |
$3,049 $13,752 $6,192 $0 $11,070 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$49,065 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 23 | 8 36 16 0 33 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 71 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $9,360 $0 $0 $97,835 $0 |
$134,188 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 3 0 0 9 0 | 11 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $4,547 $3,590 $20,360 $2,253 $69,070 $10,266 |
$420,541 $169,645 $247,880 $874 $5,747 $3,421 |
$2,982 $2,820 $4,850 $586 $2,950 $0 |
$972,383 |
| Recipients | 20 46 30 6 170 267 | 231 122 183 47 139 60 | 93 74 22 14 20 0 | 913 | |
| 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 | $876,198 $814,012 $1,088,250 $1,152,868 $1,431,091 $1,950,916 |
$2,504,540 $2,565,410 $2,937,279 $2,909,206 $2,852,308 $2,371,884 |
$3,177,825 $4,375,188 $4,946,116 $4,520,044 $6,810,690 $6,042,051 |
$53,325,876 | |
| Recipients | 1,292 1,014 827 703 853 1,328 | 1,424 1,464 1,476 1,510 1,521 1,458 | 1,418 1,406 1,656 1,585 1,633 1,596 | 24,164 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $402,252 $300,696 $338,617 $476,446 $520,876 $404,908 |
$475,357 $694,584 $536,706 $762,644 $3,179,100 $4,695,974 |
$5,288,299 $5,511,623 $5,384,039 $4,460,156 $610,739 $612,985 |
$34,656,000 |
| Recipients | 203 167 119 116 116 148 | 170 191 145 163 253 327 | 446 503 491 246 217 198 | 1,366 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $35,571 $33,077 $30,852 $183,153 $132,983 $135,763 |
$180,985 $211,686 $59,193 $140,531 $139,006 $273,045 |
$548,279 $573,166 $1,065,134 $800,026 $520,879 $427,688 |
$5,491,016 |
| Recipients | 29 24 23 60 64 81 | 85 86 54 74 80 79 | 140 155 161 174 194 181 | 313 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $112,487 $235,612 $378,215 $261,082 |
$287,958 $462,295 $384,221 $565,725 $1,750,739 $3,768,176 |
$3,995,068 $4,366,791 $3,687,439 $873,146 $0 $0 |
$21,131,284 |
| Recipients | 0 0 10 30 48 69 | 86 104 75 77 101 159 | 227 282 256 41 0 0 | 696 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $103,988 $201,829 |
$241,047 $188,358 $153,665 $0 $0 $0 |
$888,887 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 9 22 | 25 22 17 0 0 0 | 32 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $366,366 $265,289 $195,278 $57,681 $9,678 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$902,369 |
| Recipients | 174 141 86 29 6 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 284 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $87,494 $165,047 |
$106,590 $242,206 $283,257 $129,513 $0 $0 |
$1,014,106 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 28 43 | 48 60 54 8 0 0 | 148 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $893,394 $24,350 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $177,582 |
$1,327,698 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 16 3 | 0 0 0 0 0 9 | 27 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $12,938 $34,573 $29,908 |
$61,002 $30,728 $39,813 $99,517 $89,860 $7,715 |
$406,054 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3 7 8 | 13 16 14 21 24 10 | 34 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $11,940 $93,292 $43,450 $117,065 $176,431 |
$93,975 $109,874 $154,732 $190,652 $0 $0 |
$998,126 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 5 17 12 20 30 | 24 17 28 6 0 0 | 76 | |
| 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 $52,841 $57,189 |
$9,966 $0 $0 $2,367,302 $0 $0 |
$2,496,460 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 5 6 | 4 0 0 3 0 0 | 16 | |
| 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 | $2,462,928 $247,420 $504,952 $65,710 $1,332,523 $11,395,984 |
$3,033,990 $666,144 $4,886,663 $2,730,937 $6,193,080 $926,017 |
$1,392,160 $4,917,413 $975,585 $5,470,703 $1,697,917 $1,725,007 |
$50,625,133 |
| Recipients | 177 20 64 13 178 1,033 | 127 396 410 208 263 70 | 66 275 52 279 213 93 | 1,633 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $4,280,747 $622,473 $719,820 |
$5,623,040 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 149 43 34 | 170 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $2,376,559 $214,652 $502,771 $65,710 $1,332,523 $11,328,148 |
$3,033,990 $33,481 $4,840,807 $2,726,350 $6,129,669 $669,345 |
$1,224,686 $4,873,523 $902,121 $1,113,180 $1,075,444 $885,603 |
$43,328,562 |
| Recipients | 164 15 64 13 178 976 | 127 17 348 191 232 56 | 61 237 51 186 191 61 | 1,350 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $67,836 |
$0 $0 $1,063 $4,587 $23,136 $3,973 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$102,149 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 197 | 0 0 6 17 36 6 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 237 | |
| 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 | $86,369 $32,768 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $40,275 $252,699 |
$167,474 $0 $0 $0 $0 $118,030 |
$850,036 |
| Recipients | 19 5 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 4 9 | 5 0 0 0 0 4 | 46 | |
| 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 | $1,244 $1,699 $1,803 $1,596 $1,437 $1,254 |
$1,240 $726 $1,351 $693 $178 $1,020 |
$1,043 $1,587 $11,843 $5,964 $9,291 $16,378 |
$60,347 |
| Recipients | 12 17 11 9 10 13 | 12 12 11 11 11 10 | 10 9 46 43 44 48 | 339 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $233,143 $167,600 $147,520 $181,025 $172,452 $298,969 |
$344,298 $407,642 $719,782 $656,115 $599,859 $557,964 |
$1,023,604 $1,357,308 $1,617,097 $1,242,183 $2,437,466 $1,828,869 |
$13,992,896 |
| Recipients | 404 321 242 210 236 481 | 495 509 516 515 509 508 | 506 500 516 489 508 506 | 7,971 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $335 $27 $22 $26 $74 $177 |
$368 $509 $954 $791 $1,983 $1,570 |
$1,072 $1,278 $3,184 $1,772 $2,560 $4,425 |
$21,127 |
| Recipients | 25 16 6 4 8 14 | 16 20 20 23 23 26 | 26 25 30 28 27 29 | 366 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $801 $0 |
$1,471 $854 $0 $0 $5,221 $2,667 |
$721 $316 $1,323 $402 $0 $0 |
$13,776 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2 2 1 0 5 5 | 4 4 3 3 3 4 | 37 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $218,902 $120,212 $139,927 $172,350 $172,715 $237,242 |
$271,368 $284,733 $474,532 $552,073 $464,001 $444,796 |
$487,886 $1,184,106 $1,237,906 $1,184,620 $1,796,426 $1,732,598 |
$11,176,393 |
| Recipients | 422 317 257 227 259 387 | 397 417 427 458 460 452 | 430 445 466 454 468 461 | 7,204 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $14,187 $15,525 $10,837 $11,048 $16,196 $17,187 |
$13,241 $14,177 $12,176 $14,133 $12,634 $14,043 |
$18,568 $43,331 $85,675 $47,392 $220,869 $208,881 |
$790,100 |
| Recipients | 158 171 113 94 115 119 | 122 129 135 137 138 133 | 132 134 242 227 252 257 | 2,808 |
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.
