USDA subsidies for farms in Brown County, South Dakota totaled $579,212,000 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 | $11,156,733 $12,978,360 $13,526,683 $22,989,287 $46,619,078 $50,423,534 |
$46,454,534 $19,836,279 $30,381,423 $32,644,001 $50,035,558 $31,364,595 |
$27,863,985 $49,133,550 $33,186,757 $52,743,332 $47,874,205 |
$579,211,893 |
| Recipients | 1,487 1,473 1,511 1,464 1,536 1,486 | 1,493 1,508 1,448 1,381 1,470 1,401 | 1,334 1,386 1,262 1,298 1,271 | 2,918 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $5,692,366 $8,167,117 $7,903,206 $16,896,720 $31,433,742 $38,280,271 |
$32,160,145 $7,889,150 $12,034,676 $18,305,054 $32,781,694 $17,077,746 |
$7,567,065 $8,042,129 $7,474,462 $7,586,236 $6,607,679 |
$265,899,459 |
| Recipients | 1,246 1,281 1,292 1,236 1,215 1,251 | 1,199 1,100 1,154 1,097 1,168 1,104 | 997 1,018 920 888 849 | 2,342 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $128,238 $13,029,981 $7,715,633 $7,866,583 $7,813,947 |
$7,508,597 $7,715,201 $4,294,295 $4,001,414 $3,981,604 |
$64,055,493 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 52 1,119 1,054 1,036 1,033 | 975 994 679 639 611 | 1,455 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,506,983 $1,695,483 $7,029,802 $6,115,920 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$16,348,188 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 560 646 1,050 949 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,023 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $2,622,964 $3,185,714 $2,546,369 |
$8,355,047 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 353 370 364 | 418 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $9,080,570 $8,082,687 $7,693,356 $7,013,089 $6,773,186 |
$5,680,469 $5,240,120 $-2,798,302 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$46,757,695 |
| Recipients | 0 1,192 1,200 1,157 1,089 1,088 | 1,085 1,042 955 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,518 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $3,795,771 $7,435,099 $7,521,871 |
$6,404,111 $-759 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$25,156,093 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1,139 1,134 1,113 | 1,091 3 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,338 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $45,378 $32,269 |
$234,410 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$312,057 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 19 37 | 62 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 68 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,588,990 |
$3,262,497 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,851,487 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 869 | 854 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 965 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $5,467,314 $-999,791 $-785,772 $-2,915 $-3,089 $-8,620 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,667,127 |
| Recipients | 1,177 712 507 5 3 12 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,146 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $4,873,299 $15,281,436 $18,454,426 |
$15,076,697 $1,799,254 $52,686 $8,183,587 $14,948,244 $2,290,434 |
$41,365 $10,527 $27,364 $33,850 $3,888 |
$81,077,087 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 743 1,000 971 | 912 454 141 842 817 499 | 54 29 18 16 13 | 1,359 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,964,704 |
$134,720 $0 $0 $521,025 $1,968,166 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,614,385 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 52 | 5 0 0 10 44 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 76 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing 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 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $522,119 $1,540,696 $1,915,734 |
$1,312,396 $476,972 $31,294 $135,831 $960,150 $754,937 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$7,650,128 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 104 217 166 | 142 76 44 38 100 68 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 349 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $20,046 $7,784 $4,540 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $188,285 $192,956 $58,630 $494 $102,354 |
$12,429 $0 $149,331 $27,860 $0 |
$765,091 |
| Recipients | 16 13 11 0 0 0 | 0 15 15 13 12 13 | 10 0 7 7 0 | 35 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $166,668 $77,355 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$244,023 |
| Recipients | 115 97 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 130 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $32,474 |
$44,681 $52,297 $18,558 $0 $7,866 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$155,265 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 41 | 16 45 34 0 18 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 73 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $601,752 $14,667 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $291,428 $380,474 $337,399 $75,428 |
$1,701,147 |
| Recipients | 0 0 193 193 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 54 45 39 16 | 259 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $38,308 $1,198 $0 $423 $95,363 $5,237 |
$10,115 $4,744 $519 $2,235 $1,111 $154 |
$1,272 $73 $0 $0 $0 |
$161,176 |
| Recipients | 85 8 0 16 202 211 | 309 101 30 69 58 15 | 25 6 0 0 0 | 689 | |
| 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 $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 Storage 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 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 |
$3,402 $24,519 $0 $0 $0 |
$27,921 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 13 0 0 0 | 18 | |
| 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 | $1,737,363 $1,955,745 $2,353,971 $2,174,442 $4,111,903 $3,551,381 |
$5,009,736 $5,027,333 $6,811,878 $9,414,485 $8,204,917 $9,884,758 |
$15,372,676 $25,277,810 $20,726,665 $19,918,008 $29,771,933 |
$171,305,004 | |
| Recipients | 4,342 3,991 3,886 3,824 3,834 3,998 | 3,946 3,766 3,799 3,904 3,878 3,803 | 3,766 3,751 4,002 3,923 3,932 | 66,345 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $3,060,198 $2,864,366 $2,848,544 $3,918,125 $3,852,980 $3,814,250 |
$4,367,491 $4,218,862 $4,119,826 $4,693,148 $4,627,545 $4,400,450 |
$4,600,076 $4,043,720 $4,979,072 $4,327,872 $5,287,862 |
$70,024,387 |
| Recipients | 506 488 483 616 598 599 | 637 669 672 682 715 710 | 737 707 712 698 715 | 1,422 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $2,999,893 $2,822,946 $2,843,740 $3,870,388 $3,808,920 $3,805,093 |
$4,365,931 $4,173,932 $4,037,147 $4,577,438 $4,570,494 $4,371,513 |
$4,527,262 $4,043,720 $3,811,664 $4,317,167 $5,255,088 |
$68,202,336 |
| Recipients | 462 468 481 584 582 598 | 636 657 652 681 710 704 | 723 707 687 693 708 | 1,301 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $115,710 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $316,772 $0 $0 |
$452,374 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 4 0 0 | 0 0 15 0 0 | 20 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $850,636 $0 $0 |
$850,636 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 47 0 0 | 47 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $40,482 $41,420 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$91,890 |
| Recipients | 48 29 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 67 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | 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 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $42,148 $44,060 $7,477 |
$0 $42,470 $74,677 $0 $57,051 $28,937 |
$72,814 $0 $0 $3,360 $22,451 |
$397,005 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 46 34 4 | 0 19 39 0 23 11 | 24 0 0 5 10 | 178 | |
| Grasslands 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 | |
| Misc. Conservation 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 | |
| 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 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 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 |
| 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 | $19,823 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$19,823 |
| Recipients | 15 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 15 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $666,806 $-8,867 $420,962 $0 $7,220,452 $4,777,632 |
$4,917,162 $2,700,933 $7,415,043 $231,314 $4,421,401 $1,641 |
$324,168 $11,769,890 $0 $20,911,216 $6,206,731 |
$71,983,044 |
| Recipients | 287 3 275 0 883 735 | 753 549 827 117 621 3 | 40 789 0 692 611 | 1,680 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $18,071,702 $5,240,871 |
$23,312,573 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 450 233 | 508 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $666,806 $-8,867 $0 $0 $7,163,366 $4,777,632 |
$4,917,162 $25,186 $7,415,153 $231,314 $4,421,401 $1,641 |
$324,168 $11,538,583 $0 $2,720,545 $961,782 |
$45,162,431 |
| Recipients | 287 3 0 0 877 735 | 753 7 825 117 621 3 | 40 753 0 572 582 | 1,468 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $0 $0 $420,962 $0 $57,086 $0 |
$0 $1,138,569 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $118,969 $0 |
$1,740,631 |
| Recipients | 0 0 275 0 66 0 | 0 420 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 18 0 | 539 | |
| Karnal Bunt 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 | |
| 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 | $66,824 $82,243 $90,535 $16,279 $11,795 $13,568 |
$4,668 $8,008 $14,783 $16,304 $11,883 $4,995 |
$5,259 $9,400 $5,733 $1,662 $179 |
$364,118 |
| Recipients | 425 430 406 400 384 375 | 343 307 316 334 324 322 | 308 303 297 285 277 | 5,836 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $615,605 $763,291 $813,314 $979,134 $1,760,850 $1,682,555 |
$2,656,624 $2,719,899 $3,532,733 $5,064,723 $4,278,458 $5,554,600 |
$10,267,730 $13,686,956 $12,725,060 $13,005,553 $19,494,246 |
$99,601,331 |
| Recipients | 881 812 802 791 819 868 | 878 861 865 872 863 848 | 863 871 874 881 894 | 14,543 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Flax | Payments | $282 $161 $215 $913 $747 $635 |
$1,227 $0 $4,243 $0 $1,069 $0 |
$0 $978 $861 $529 $0 |
$11,860 |
| Recipients | 61 51 29 26 27 25 | 22 14 18 23 25 25 | 23 23 23 25 26 | 466 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $9,945 $8,352 $10,210 $5,460 $5,199 $4,616 |
$4,970 $7,566 $7,809 $3,214 $6,585 $6,949 |
$11,396 $14,119 $7,806 $8,814 $4,996 |
$128,006 |
| Recipients | 243 214 190 173 161 166 | 153 145 152 153 160 162 | 153 151 158 158 158 | 2,850 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Safflower | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $155 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$155 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $62 $755 $485 $0 $0 $1,350 |
$18 $74 $248 $0 $145 $0 |
$566 $0 $0 $0 $559 |
$4,262 |
| Recipients | 44 38 16 14 14 18 | 17 12 17 24 23 23 | 22 19 20 20 21 | 362 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $358,312 $447,204 $612,504 $636,811 $1,277,153 $1,305,597 |
$1,696,284 $1,727,770 $2,656,052 $3,771,040 $3,279,055 $3,567,397 |
$4,345,406 $9,659,046 $6,891,755 $5,974,607 $8,993,001 |
$57,198,994 |
| Recipients | 770 721 782 799 819 876 | 887 870 872 876 872 861 | 867 874 878 886 898 | 14,408 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sunflowers | Payments | $182,074 $106,990 $156,910 $112,564 $193,314 $72,941 |
$100,017 $48,058 $50,160 $18,674 $19,410 $13,558 |
$19,135 $33,179 $44,821 $39,550 $52,714 |
$1,264,069 |
| Recipients | 715 664 635 625 615 649 | 622 583 570 580 571 561 | 528 526 518 509 510 | 9,981 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $457,508 $503,416 $627,941 $400,534 $793,992 $418,017 |
$442,719 $424,049 $467,898 $456,678 $489,503 $584,841 |
$572,624 $1,751,704 $741,846 $599,351 $1,020,905 |
$10,753,526 |
| Recipients | 1,046 940 934 896 883 900 | 881 839 831 832 824 810 | 808 813 811 808 814 | 14,670 |
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.
