USDA subsidies for farms in Jefferson County, Wisconsin totaled $147,472,000 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 | $4,836,164 $4,385,391 $4,378,856 $6,600,206 $12,386,937 $13,429,182 |
$11,451,644 $6,155,579 $8,673,622 $7,794,697 $14,163,564 $8,962,380 |
$5,434,115 $6,384,378 $8,621,567 $9,455,420 $6,863,120 $7,494,849 |
$147,471,672 |
| Recipients | 1,209 1,403 1,427 1,304 1,402 1,439 | 1,405 1,375 1,411 1,343 1,393 1,324 | 1,257 1,213 1,194 1,104 1,018 1,006 | 2,777 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $3,098,088 $2,637,981 $3,106,998 $5,583,494 $11,176,246 $12,222,777 |
$9,785,376 $4,546,307 $6,709,082 $5,769,194 $11,311,069 $7,209,925 |
$3,127,455 $2,974,803 $5,515,202 $3,011,878 $2,791,990 $3,910,023 |
$104,487,888 |
| Recipients | 766 1,055 1,098 1,071 1,196 1,260 | 1,179 1,116 1,137 1,058 1,100 1,045 | 999 935 910 851 811 823 | 2,270 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $27,851 $3,955,942 $2,934,695 $3,140,874 $2,947,896 |
$2,993,342 $2,967,444 $2,668,479 $2,619,611 $2,596,792 $2,596,751 |
$29,449,677 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 27 1,037 988 955 933 | 939 924 851 775 788 774 | 1,463 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $355,920 $176,573 $2,792,752 $2,723,664 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$6,048,909 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 271 300 994 937 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,026 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $147,453 $234,327 $188,328 $186,848 |
$756,956 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 34 39 46 45 | 50 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $2,752,905 $3,839,063 $3,233,354 $2,980,049 $2,993,613 |
$2,384,731 $2,120,448 $-71,299 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$20,232,781 |
| Recipients | 0 992 1,032 1,053 1,016 1,041 | 985 987 562 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,411 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,612,550 $3,136,305 $3,164,146 |
$2,706,978 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,618,578 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1,041 1,042 1,037 | 1,017 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,247 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $482,410 $1,820,899 |
$44,363 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,347,671 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 275 338 | 81 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 365 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $342,876 |
$739,240 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,082,116 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 557 | 567 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 636 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $2,899,305 $-251,628 $-767,220 $-4,804 $-2,508 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,872,733 |
| Recipients | 666 257 367 7 4 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 639 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $1,338 $0 $0 $694,388 $4,151,994 $3,576,682 |
$3,773,038 $180,043 $46,809 $2,124,541 $5,153,778 $417,339 |
$386 $143 $336 $143 $0 $0 |
$20,120,978 |
| Recipients | 6 0 0 460 751 771 | 721 227 141 578 631 127 | 7 5 6 4 0 0 | 1,083 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $138,495 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$149,163 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 | |
| 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 $55,001 $370,422 $312,142 |
$132,282 $77,194 $7,818 $17,231 $57,552 $29,650 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,059,291 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 23 59 37 | 33 26 17 11 21 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 84 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $190,555 $134,724 $35,116 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $2,134,308 $2,401,558 $503,956 $23,996 $1,091,177 |
$133,250 $0 $2,691,603 $146,208 $0 $1,119,574 |
$10,606,027 |
| Recipients | 190 138 145 0 0 0 | 0 226 222 198 161 183 | 173 0 167 170 0 132 | 473 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $3,361 $1,886 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$5,246 |
| Recipients | 29 22 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 33 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $10,888 |
$2,153 $7,158 $4,626 $0 $2,430 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$27,254 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 15 | 7 13 11 0 10 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 27 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity 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 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $3,529 $94 $38 $-6,995 $57,573 $1,754 |
$2,738 $726 $5,553 $1,613 $1,192 $199 |
$477 $365 $480 $4,738 $0 $0 |
$74,075 |
| Recipients | 13 9 10 29 247 127 | 297 62 406 243 67 16 | 32 14 9 30 0 0 | 875 | |
| 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 $2,156 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,156 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 38 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 38 | |
| Total Tobacco Transition Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $6,850 $6,850 $6,850 $6,850 $6,850 |
$34,251 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 8 8 8 8 8 | 8 | |
| 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 | $453,292 $522,838 $224,486 $272,019 $349,278 $403,364 |
$566,112 $621,354 $788,417 $974,834 $937,016 $1,040,000 |
$1,636,701 $2,441,559 $2,282,972 $2,149,423 $3,580,524 $3,192,792 |
$22,436,981 | |
| Recipients | 1,660 1,349 757 560 574 586 | 566 582 620 616 635 686 | 705 759 805 811 873 873 | 14,017 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $1,240,004 $1,132,334 $1,047,373 $744,693 $773,048 $708,880 |
$813,178 $956,400 $949,060 $1,002,103 $786,970 $712,138 |
$669,959 $671,394 $794,979 $561,002 $428,083 $392,034 |
$14,383,633 |
| Recipients | 555 534 517 398 394 397 | 453 528 549 561 529 506 | 503 486 485 408 360 322 | 1,260 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $1,179,881 $1,112,664 $1,045,670 $719,032 $740,051 $676,970 |
$792,500 $825,982 $865,535 $761,811 $755,617 $706,969 |
$654,974 $671,394 $534,993 $476,586 $428,083 $392,034 |
$13,340,746 |
| Recipients | 518 520 516 395 390 393 | 447 497 515 513 527 501 | 501 486 448 400 360 322 | 1,131 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $25,661 $32,997 $31,910 |
$5,553 $63,310 $49,496 $89,215 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $147,705 $82,582 $0 $0 |
$528,428 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 3 5 5 | 7 22 24 44 0 0 | 0 0 29 11 0 0 | 98 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $62,386 $0 $0 $0 |
$62,386 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 17 0 0 0 | 17 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $36,184 $19,670 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$57,557 |
| Recipients | 39 25 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 57 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | 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 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $23,579 $0 $0 $0 |
$25,413 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 8 0 0 0 | 9 | |
| Grasslands Reserve 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 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $21,737 $19,769 $18,360 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$60,892 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 16 17 18 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 18 | |
| 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 $45,371 $14,260 $132,718 $31,353 $4,143 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$272,197 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 4 4 3 3 4 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 12 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $23,939 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$23,939 |
| Recipients | 16 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 16 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $44,780 $92,238 $0 $0 $88,366 $94,161 |
$286,978 $31,517 $227,062 $48,566 $1,128,509 $0 |
$0 $296,622 $28,414 $3,733,117 $62,522 $0 |
$6,163,169 |
| Recipients | 31 3 0 0 8 23 | 66 6 40 13 166 0 | 0 68 9 120 11 0 | 308 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $3,633,114 $62,522 $0 |
$3,695,636 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 120 11 0 | 125 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $42,217 $92,238 $0 $0 $88,366 $94,161 |
$286,978 $31,517 $227,062 $48,566 $1,128,509 $0 |
$0 $296,622 $28,414 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,464,970 |
| Recipients | 30 3 0 0 8 23 | 66 6 40 13 166 0 | 0 68 9 0 0 0 | 251 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $2,563 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,563 |
| Recipients | 5 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 | |
| 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 | $213 $105 $99 $161 $121 $36 |
$58 $65 $203 $62 $98 $32 |
$0 $0 $0 $110 $144 $0 |
$1,507 |
| Recipients | 8 4 2 3 2 3 | 3 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 1 0 1 1 1 | 41 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $273,745 $356,674 $157,108 $197,197 $233,260 $255,681 |
$397,474 $445,142 $595,578 $687,094 $665,513 $698,582 |
$1,322,797 $1,679,420 $1,490,184 $1,471,598 $2,457,945 $2,186,691 |
$15,571,683 |
| Recipients | 598 474 338 243 249 251 | 244 249 271 268 271 298 | 306 327 326 324 340 344 | 5,721 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Oats | Payments | $1,354 $526 $616 $268 $225 $91 |
$65 $59 $158 $139 $143 $101 |
$44 $38 $107 $90 $0 $165 |
$4,189 |
| Recipients | 85 63 31 16 15 14 | 9 9 10 9 7 7 | 6 6 8 8 7 6 | 316 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Soybeans | Payments | $50,122 $70,916 $50,713 $62,868 $97,641 $94,488 |
$125,388 $134,255 $156,793 $259,556 $241,701 $309,346 |
$284,412 $713,052 $697,362 $622,888 $1,013,837 $898,298 |
$5,883,636 |
| Recipients | 370 309 234 194 204 210 | 208 219 244 242 255 279 | 283 307 310 310 327 328 | 4,833 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $7,516 $6,696 $4,674 $3,780 $3,182 $4,945 |
$3,203 $5,872 $8,975 $8,816 $10,320 $11,802 |
$10,812 $24,212 $66,956 $21,546 $83,331 $75,064 |
$361,702 |
| Recipients | 128 120 61 45 41 44 | 39 43 45 47 52 54 | 60 70 99 108 129 128 | 1,313 |
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.
