USDA subsidies for farms in New Mexico totaled $1,367,000,000 from 1995 through 2009.
| Subsidy Category | Type | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 | TOTAL 1995-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total USDA - Subsidies | Payments | $57,589,269 $62,596,591 $42,405,182 $64,637,143 $97,217,054 $83,674,695 |
$99,683,045 $78,681,957 $98,748,842 $85,314,787 $122,068,056 $87,353,104 |
$73,133,112 $82,231,451 $94,972,799 $80,671,102 $56,119,683 |
$1,367,097,872 |
| Recipients | 8,959 9,345 5,117 5,009 6,578 6,566 | 8,591 8,914 8,706 7,916 8,629 6,611 | 6,086 6,977 5,653 5,732 3,985 | 23,708 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $16,503,610 $27,296,835 $19,780,494 $37,806,488 $53,256,691 $50,886,163 |
$42,546,747 $30,379,451 $39,602,713 $31,735,946 $44,433,011 $41,202,762 |
$25,417,236 $22,195,256 $38,446,204 $20,384,553 $16,311,407 |
$558,185,568 |
| Recipients | 5,491 6,522 3,903 3,659 3,678 4,808 | 4,886 3,554 5,070 4,620 4,578 4,238 | 3,861 3,759 3,666 3,547 2,743 | 13,578 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $1,482,426 $20,899,148 $17,409,859 $16,227,350 $15,680,929 |
$15,620,401 $16,215,306 $14,486,487 $16,014,037 $14,557,688 |
$148,593,631 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 492 3,395 3,159 3,025 3,001 | 2,776 2,792 2,493 2,514 2,541 | 5,296 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $677,410 $12,058,609 $5,994,716 $16,842,121 $17,391,155 |
$8,843,526 $5,050,334 $7,150,902 $1,643,485 $0 |
$75,652,258 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 117 1,579 1,597 2,686 2,614 | 1,200 1,123 1,098 1,034 0 | 3,560 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $351,865 $1,058,637 $382,109 |
$1,792,611 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 48 50 54 | 59 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $25,574,582 $20,588,837 $21,992,502 $16,894,016 $17,585,370 |
$14,245,890 $10,794,521 $-856,548 $5,351 $-1,436 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$126,823,085 |
| Recipients | 0 3,680 3,741 3,568 3,119 3,264 | 3,098 2,950 654 37 4 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 5,127 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $9,983,557 $19,157,315 $18,770,070 |
$16,303,662 $-9,818 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$64,245,319 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 3,471 3,458 3,397 | 3,296 3 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4,198 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $892,348 $1,886,464 |
$4,345,711 $3,799 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$7,160,223 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 151 1,282 | 1,403 12 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 2,024 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $15,349 |
$17,785 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$33,134 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 35 | 18 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 46 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $11,280,363 $-2,725,098 $-1,289,367 $-20,218 $-2,128 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$7,241,137 |
| Recipients | 2,577 1,652 541 13 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 2,494 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $5,406,862 $15,768,624 $11,350,974 |
$4,926,668 $3,729,593 $2,787,090 $3,943,011 $8,884,547 $3,311,788 |
$284,085 $178,247 $183,636 $253,675 $49,033 |
$61,057,833 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 984 1,478 1,192 | 707 412 1,921 1,594 1,694 1,137 | 827 787 733 716 51 | 4,514 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $106,505 $0 |
$766,234 $166,188 $0 $1,037,520 $1,275,028 $30,738 |
$37,111 $112,955 $524,544 $0 $0 |
$4,165,967 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 5 0 | 11 10 0 23 33 11 | 9 8 22 0 0 | 82 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$18,608 $33,900 $222,214 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$283,441 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 39 5 147 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 180 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $383,181 $352,846 $459,671 |
$280,769 $216,300 $120,215 $128,087 $286,923 $318,265 |
$71,122 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,619,797 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 60 102 44 | 17 30 24 9 25 61 | 16 0 0 0 0 | 282 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $442,530 $1,923,417 $241,450 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $6,971,036 $2,977,903 $2,825,838 $280,370 $4,120,818 |
$547,923 $0 $13,566,872 $776,661 $0 |
$34,683,282 |
| Recipients | 22 59 40 0 0 0 | 0 164 132 155 92 153 | 60 0 187 149 0 | 370 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $4,753,148 $2,525,842 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$7,278,991 |
| Recipients | 2,911 2,738 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 3,637 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $79,581 |
$180,475 $581,221 $238,763 $6,408 $265,121 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,351,569 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 99 | 118 139 90 3 168 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 336 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $241,022 $62,770 $79,699 $0 |
$0 $19,325 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,144 $573,795 $2,119,330 $637,734 $1,319,605 |
$5,063,424 |
| Recipients | 0 0 55 80 17 0 | 0 5 0 0 0 0 | 4 74 42 99 121 | 391 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $27,572 $-1,909 $-1,447 $0 $7,465 $629,875 |
$1,462,250 $5,714,326 $1,123,999 $354,173 $346,263 $347,747 |
$2,923 $814 $313 $324 $2,972 |
$10,015,495 |
| Recipients | 36 17 5 0 42 237 | 398 382 273 117 181 156 | 59 20 15 7 67 | 1,338 | |
| Total Peanut Load-in Charges | Payments | $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 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $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 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $7,873 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$7,873 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 5 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 | |
| Total Storage Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $55,341 $59,833 $0 $0 |
$115,174 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 14 21 0 0 | 26 | |
| Total Step 2 Cotton Program | Payments | $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 | |
| Total Emergency Compensation Program | Payments | $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 | |
| Tobacco Payment Program | Payments | $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 | |
| Total Tobacco Transition Payments | Payments | $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 | |
| Biomass Crop Assistance Programs | Payments | $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 | |
| Payments | $3,262,711 $4,081,400 $3,698,685 $4,167,253 $4,946,178 $4,554,075 |
$5,729,525 $5,332,271 $6,358,669 $7,359,409 $7,012,210 $7,282,008 |
$9,239,301 $10,901,524 $14,237,994 $11,850,346 $16,895,429 |
$126,908,988 | |
| Recipients | 4,142 3,831 3,743 3,235 3,168 3,543 | 3,521 3,530 3,445 3,629 3,613 3,576 | 3,478 3,443 3,503 3,480 3,556 | 60,436 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $19,819,609 $19,148,141 $18,365,627 $21,839,767 $21,194,020 $20,985,923 |
$21,556,032 $23,019,263 $25,985,046 $26,616,105 $34,040,457 $36,014,651 |
$36,586,752 $39,348,253 $37,700,791 $24,308,119 $15,115,202 |
$441,643,758 |
| Recipients | 2,429 2,376 1,866 1,975 2,035 2,140 | 2,164 2,409 2,639 2,335 2,674 2,701 | 2,798 2,717 2,605 1,787 1,356 | 9,095 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $18,144,173 $17,566,682 $17,648,644 $20,571,388 $19,533,877 $18,745,353 |
$18,953,961 $18,653,223 $19,108,890 $19,018,191 $19,196,829 $18,888,365 |
$18,666,497 $18,633,706 $18,621,891 $18,049,022 $15,110,351 |
$315,111,044 |
| Recipients | 1,669 1,687 1,624 1,747 1,737 1,741 | 1,752 1,787 1,783 1,788 1,791 1,783 | 1,766 1,650 1,619 1,573 1,354 | 3,633 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $439,655 $455,265 $1,247,726 $1,650,273 $2,213,202 |
$2,588,844 $3,681,188 $5,642,408 $7,472,757 $11,622,560 $15,283,271 |
$15,936,184 $18,284,907 $17,509,393 $5,621,904 $0 |
$109,649,537 |
| Recipients | 0 185 128 243 317 420 | 447 463 543 606 870 911 | 1,010 1,084 1,003 197 0 | 4,303 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,496,023 $1,610,423 |
$1,221,175 $1,267,757 $818,570 $0 $0 |
$6,413,948 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 91 89 | 77 84 63 0 0 | 123 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $1,661,494 $1,141,804 $261,718 $20,653 $9,870 $8,803 |
$4,060 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,112,608 |
| Recipients | 789 550 126 8 4 5 | 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,345 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $79,496 $159,246 |
$65,862 $286,808 $171,673 $222,046 $0 |
$985,130 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 13 28 | 16 36 32 9 0 | 108 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $18,566 |
$9,167 $549,067 $1,121,492 $19,967 $191,575 $8,347 |
$613,688 $91,533 $348,232 $303,068 $0 |
$3,282,189 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 4 | 6 196 355 7 30 3 | 81 14 22 24 0 | 718 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $88,751 $0 |
$366,634 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 4 0 | 4 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $131,578 $112,256 $105,189 $17,221 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$406,488 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 7 10 11 5 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 20 | |
| Total Agricultural Management Assistance | Payments | $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 | |
| Farmland Protection Program (fpp) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,173,902 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | |
| Resource Conservation & Development Program (rcd) | Payments | $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 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $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 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $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 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $18,003,339 $12,070,216 $560,375 $823,635 $17,820,165 $7,248,533 |
$29,850,741 $19,950,972 $26,802,414 $19,603,326 $36,582,378 $2,853,683 |
$1,889,823 $9,786,418 $4,587,810 $24,128,084 $7,797,645 |
$240,359,558 |
| Recipients | 3,161 2,524 304 392 3,018 1,211 | 4,746 5,108 3,913 2,945 4,444 1,093 | 684 2,833 449 2,003 814 | 12,284 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $10,523,241 $6,273,562 |
$16,796,803 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 443 314 | 531 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $8,167,675 $3,030,183 $535,401 $575,612 $10,180,482 $5,283,054 |
$10,486,605 $5,469,343 $20,597,878 $16,733,715 $20,004,722 $2,101,928 |
$1,733,437 $7,223,095 $1,019,060 $7,967,151 $1,218,464 |
$122,327,805 |
| Recipients | 1,292 1,438 294 22 1,114 737 | 1,418 863 2,333 2,072 2,279 983 | 613 1,591 259 1,127 447 | 6,930 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $9,835,665 $8,167,663 $10,260 $248,023 $7,639,683 $1,965,479 |
$19,364,136 $0 $4,878,973 $2,999,498 $16,577,935 $750,827 |
$0 $0 $3,563,971 $5,637,692 $305,619 |
$81,945,423 |
| Recipients | 1,996 1,869 9 371 2,209 497 | 3,837 0 1,305 1,236 3,209 130 | 0 0 248 903 93 | 7,656 | |
| Karnal Bunt Programs | Payments | $0 $872,370 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$887,085 |
| Recipients | 0 24 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 25 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $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 | |
| Programmatic Environmental Assistance | Payments | $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 | |
| Specialty Crop Hurricane Disaster Program | Payments | $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 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Barley | Payments | $321 $961 $0 $431 $400 $648 |
$139 $4,501 $9,322 $874 $3,908 $0 |
$579 $326 $1,235 $1,518 $0 |
$25,163 |
| Recipients | 18 14 8 8 9 18 | 20 23 16 14 13 12 | 13 12 12 12 10 | 232 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $456,916 $557,993 $533,520 $661,519 $602,303 $563,728 |
$606,395 $571,674 $776,028 $1,048,484 $1,017,891 $1,072,187 |
$1,437,182 $1,291,645 $1,242,952 $1,291,189 $2,016,608 |
$15,748,214 |
| Recipients | 465 369 388 363 378 441 | 437 442 425 440 433 422 | 420 417 437 441 435 | 7,153 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,431 $0 |
$1,723 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,154 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 1 0 0 0 0 | 3 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Peanuts | Payments | $80,795 $89,170 $77,628 $121,700 $122,471 $154,671 |
$152,895 $80,271 $78,136 $83,299 $143,620 $119,726 |
$118,335 $122,438 $88,494 $108,589 $81,989 |
$1,824,227 |
| Recipients | 140 113 119 114 120 164 | 169 175 161 174 182 187 | 178 161 156 160 166 | 2,639 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $748,374 $1,137,123 $813,890 $696,184 $627,864 $685,995 |
$953,733 $1,035,910 $925,999 $990,421 $832,261 $760,756 |
$887,891 $1,414,218 $792,028 $822,679 $1,735,024 |
$15,860,350 |
| Recipients | 1,210 1,156 1,077 905 815 929 | 878 911 839 906 896 872 | 840 849 869 833 819 | 15,604 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,945 $1,218 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,163 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 3 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 6 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sunflowers | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $696 $0 |
$291 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$987 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 2 2 | 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 8 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Cotton | Payments | $838,150 $641,299 $592,012 $650,942 $1,144,071 $848,377 |
$946,473 $743,174 $1,076,587 $1,543,405 $1,039,201 $1,318,154 |
$909,284 $1,117,085 $819,650 $1,281,868 $3,116,059 |
$18,625,791 |
| Recipients | 785 715 725 616 636 707 | 703 677 660 703 717 736 | 685 653 620 613 645 | 11,596 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $1,085,981 $1,327,654 $1,377,216 $949,942 $1,292,333 $1,100,335 |
$1,720,006 $1,559,555 $2,163,287 $2,392,479 $2,448,638 $2,220,765 |
$3,932,124 $4,855,991 $9,120,383 $6,041,480 $6,915,794 |
$50,503,963 |
| Recipients | 1,460 1,424 1,370 1,091 1,060 1,043 | 1,037 1,031 1,019 1,018 984 953 | 947 946 997 995 938 | 18,313 |
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011 is 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 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.
