USDA subsidies for farms in Minnehaha County, South Dakota totaled $244,347,000 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 | $7,181,163 $5,287,404 $6,547,414 $12,512,800 $23,776,676 $23,761,372 |
$23,105,397 $10,052,209 $11,988,766 $13,150,624 $25,026,470 $16,868,240 |
$10,942,136 $13,803,700 $13,036,330 $12,794,921 $14,511,823 |
$244,347,443 |
| Recipients | 1,662 1,684 1,729 1,641 1,675 1,668 | 1,658 1,607 1,579 1,470 1,562 1,500 | 1,426 1,403 1,341 1,312 1,286 | 3,148 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $5,876,899 $3,881,684 $5,038,333 $10,841,089 $21,307,488 $21,194,289 |
$20,251,913 $6,690,079 $8,289,348 $9,322,930 $21,045,114 $12,823,419 |
$5,102,981 $5,072,697 $5,509,678 $4,879,619 $4,752,204 |
$171,879,763 |
| Recipients | 1,522 1,571 1,611 1,533 1,555 1,530 | 1,498 1,354 1,362 1,243 1,331 1,247 | 1,144 1,122 1,048 996 981 | 2,742 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $8,760 $7,548,243 $5,136,600 $5,024,576 $5,175,319 |
$5,055,790 $5,066,841 $4,354,670 $4,363,696 $4,268,249 |
$46,002,744 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 4 1,328 1,211 1,164 1,163 | 1,132 1,112 976 929 922 | 1,748 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $776,587 $738,181 $4,607,918 $4,327,022 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,449,708 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 664 684 1,267 1,156 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,269 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $428,025 $466,314 $419,442 |
$1,313,781 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 111 116 113 | 130 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $4,350,210 $6,109,465 $5,144,636 $4,746,133 $4,540,348 |
$3,537,586 $3,492,711 $-724,437 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$31,195,573 |
| Recipients | 0 1,507 1,517 1,498 1,380 1,373 | 1,310 1,286 1,003 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,913 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $2,561,100 $4,966,021 $4,955,291 |
$4,169,757 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$16,649,949 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1,477 1,430 1,392 | 1,349 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,672 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $124,480 $514,878 |
$243,008 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$882,366 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 59 84 | 41 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 104 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $943,647 |
$1,867,223 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,810,870 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 1,094 | 1,021 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,180 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $5,737,559 $-500,624 $-1,290,728 $-3,376 $0 $0 |
$0 $-2,286 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,937,458 |
| Recipients | 1,463 480 796 10 0 0 | 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,419 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $2,557,008 $8,468,761 $7,410,438 |
$8,525,935 $1,570,227 $152,767 $3,189,121 $10,209,486 $2,591,850 |
$18,311 $5,813 $5,318 $6,748 $3,763 |
$44,715,545 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 994 1,279 1,155 | 1,169 604 152 786 949 500 | 59 27 21 19 13 | 1,712 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $73,250 |
$0 $0 $0 $17,194 $254,518 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$367,640 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 0 3 12 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 13 | |
| 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 $576,085 $2,666,343 $2,717,681 |
$1,818,229 $958,800 $28,765 $110,874 $932,042 $462,871 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,271,690 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 136 274 273 | 227 180 81 76 161 111 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 413 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $44,945 $21,830 $5,555 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $547,901 $445,210 $130,828 $2,753 $266,230 |
$28,841 $0 $709,891 $37,499 $0 |
$2,241,484 |
| Recipients | 59 37 32 0 0 0 | 0 42 42 35 28 29 | 24 0 18 18 0 | 109 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $28,400 $11,749 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$40,150 |
| Recipients | 75 60 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 88 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $37,863 |
$66,129 $115,511 $62,005 $0 $14,436 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$295,944 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 33 | 21 37 19 0 19 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 56 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $214,041 $5,636 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $11,774 $5,362 $60,699 |
$297,512 |
| Recipients | 0 0 114 114 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 7 5 12 | 127 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $65,995 $0 $0 $0 $337,053 $1,881 |
$2,164 $675 $208 $171 $426 $0 |
$0 $42 $0 $0 $51 |
$407,351 |
| Recipients | 26 0 0 0 325 101 | 69 40 7 62 71 0 | 0 4 0 0 3 | 537 | |
| 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 |
$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 | $707,864 $846,889 $755,017 $795,318 $1,105,088 $1,091,222 |
$1,563,584 $1,605,735 $1,971,558 $2,743,914 $2,443,106 $2,865,719 |
$4,638,280 $7,226,747 $6,532,364 $5,561,408 $8,745,074 |
$51,198,887 | |
| Recipients | 2,987 2,678 2,484 2,362 2,248 2,278 | 2,225 2,141 2,090 2,025 1,983 1,969 | 1,927 1,899 2,249 2,160 2,183 | 37,888 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $607,243 $562,703 $580,283 $876,747 $875,023 $1,032,405 |
$1,182,451 $1,129,787 $1,076,247 $1,083,780 $1,075,065 $1,176,963 |
$1,200,875 $911,845 $992,338 $908,452 $930,616 |
$16,202,823 |
| Recipients | 289 293 316 340 320 360 | 411 458 483 520 517 536 | 549 522 513 511 511 | 1,073 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $543,101 $491,696 $561,186 $840,449 $847,684 $978,964 |
$1,177,475 $1,120,513 $1,069,905 $1,055,909 $1,075,065 $1,176,963 |
$1,200,875 $911,845 $877,780 $908,452 $930,616 |
$15,768,477 |
| Recipients | 232 243 300 305 316 353 | 407 449 481 499 517 536 | 549 522 511 511 511 | 949 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $26,103 $48,023 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $114,559 $0 $0 |
$212,706 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 3 4 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 5 0 0 | 18 | |
| Total Conservation Security 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 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $58,757 $71,007 $5,953 $6,124 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$141,841 |
| Recipients | 59 61 6 4 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 110 | |
| 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 $6,906 $28,778 $0 $5,418 |
$0 $3,381 $0 $28,277 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$74,614 |
| Recipients | 0 0 9 38 0 5 | 0 10 0 22 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 81 | |
| 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 | $5,185 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$5,185 |
| Recipients | 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $-10,843 $0 $173,781 $0 $489,077 $443,455 |
$107,449 $626,608 $651,613 $0 $463,184 $0 |
$0 $592,411 $0 $1,445,442 $83,929 |
$5,065,970 |
| Recipients | 25 0 186 0 263 283 | 78 345 321 0 216 0 | 0 259 0 115 9 | 902 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $1,394,862 $32,503 |
$1,427,365 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 114 4 | 117 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $-10,843 $0 $0 $0 $489,077 $443,455 |
$107,449 $0 $651,613 $0 $463,184 $0 |
$0 $592,411 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,741,093 |
| Recipients | 25 0 0 0 263 283 | 78 0 321 0 216 0 | 0 259 0 0 0 | 689 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $0 $0 $174,186 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $621,320 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $51,426 |
$897,512 |
| Recipients | 0 0 185 0 0 0 | 0 344 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 5 | 426 | |
| 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 | $97 $421 $95 $84 $90 $207 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$994 |
| Recipients | 10 15 17 16 15 15 | 15 13 14 11 13 13 | 13 4 7 7 6 | 204 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $381,438 $471,079 $391,543 $455,231 $583,169 $628,230 |
$924,869 $1,028,861 $1,206,075 $1,727,385 $1,549,292 $1,925,022 |
$3,518,142 $4,746,024 $4,671,732 $3,920,278 $6,297,604 |
$34,425,974 |
| Recipients | 1,374 1,211 1,118 1,061 1,011 1,026 | 997 964 944 918 896 888 | 870 864 871 866 881 | 16,760 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $2,828 $5,353 $3,030 $2,185 $2,020 $2,110 |
$1,769 $2,600 $2,627 $2,086 $3,033 $2,183 |
$2,043 $3,391 $3,515 $1,937 $1,830 |
$44,540 |
| Recipients | 183 171 155 142 129 124 | 118 118 112 108 108 109 | 100 85 169 156 151 | 2,238 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 4 3 3 3 2 2 | 2 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 5 5 4 | 34 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $322,055 $366,860 $356,353 $335,441 $518,175 $456,211 |
$627,462 $563,602 $750,197 $1,000,542 $873,286 $918,743 |
$1,097,635 $2,440,477 $1,772,040 $1,590,420 $2,400,971 |
$16,390,470 |
| Recipients | 1,350 1,194 1,108 1,056 1,008 1,029 | 1,001 963 944 916 894 883 | 865 863 870 868 883 | 16,695 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $1,446 $3,176 $3,996 $2,377 $1,634 $1,506 |
$395 $852 $1,464 $726 $1,759 $1,772 |
$6,127 $29,486 $15,625 $5,575 $6,874 |
$84,790 |
| Recipients | 66 84 83 84 83 76 | 75 68 61 57 59 62 | 63 68 115 112 111 | 1,327 |
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.
