USDA subsidies for farms in 1st District of Arkansas (Rep. Eric A. “Rick”Crawford) totaled $7,769,000,000 from 1995 through 2009.
| Subsidy Category | Type | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 | TOTAL 1995-2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total USDA - Subsidies | Payments | $314,182,893 $300,591,203 $229,711,213 $396,762,314 $650,433,936 $771,852,216 |
$866,240,811 $437,936,468 $722,226,741 $401,248,392 $491,534,779 $402,845,468 |
$384,841,176 $292,038,496 $336,224,630 $298,041,353 $248,869,901 $223,565,439 |
$7,769,147,430 |
| Recipients | 19,329 21,771 20,743 19,574 22,141 23,127 | 23,073 20,174 23,504 19,868 21,151 20,492 | 19,984 19,380 17,643 18,011 17,718 15,682 | 46,716 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $300,111,251 $291,227,804 $221,867,622 $391,178,753 $603,127,565 $742,262,895 |
$806,979,072 $428,413,724 $683,622,119 $387,785,627 $464,653,030 $392,708,154 |
$367,513,720 $267,447,059 $314,456,516 $226,854,551 $209,614,728 $202,187,329 |
$7,302,011,516 |
| Recipients | 16,350 19,572 19,200 19,005 19,379 19,853 | 19,693 18,586 19,757 19,114 19,502 19,332 | 18,653 16,784 16,150 15,795 15,047 14,297 | 40,015 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $16,442,356 $272,157,313 $222,217,963 $221,596,629 $217,621,235 |
$216,480,198 $218,607,659 $205,828,501 $216,094,500 $208,394,670 $202,007,896 |
$2,217,448,921 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 4,175 19,415 17,884 17,466 17,279 | 16,297 16,255 15,111 15,230 14,950 14,271 | 28,852 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $14,826,859 $228,819,245 $66,332,140 $64,915,071 $106,254,915 |
$70,026,193 $36,050,055 $68,491,468 $9,714,627 $45,449 $-29,430 |
$665,446,592 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 3,131 17,792 17,369 18,436 17,330 | 14,657 5,980 5,917 5,715 108 113 | 22,021 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $244,096,584 $223,979,333 $247,134,540 $212,043,571 $208,401,377 |
$170,264,172 $152,015,068 $-12,542,877 $-71,269 $-3,794 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,445,316,704 |
| Recipients | 0 18,533 18,785 18,808 17,390 17,932 | 17,667 17,195 7,818 75 4 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 25,928 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $114,882,613 $225,088,215 $224,724,154 |
$192,124,028 $63,873 $47,448 $13,336 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$756,943,667 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 18,369 18,311 18,185 | 18,111 18 7 6 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 22,507 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $208,293 $722,835 |
$42,589 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$973,718 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 92 96 | 13 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 100 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $14,474,620 |
$27,887,691 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$42,362,311 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 13,634 | 13,378 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 15,641 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $291,265,513 $47,035,423 $-2,182,912 $-114,370 $-3,504 $-11,319 |
$-6,311 $-1,547 $-7,319 $-10 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$335,973,644 |
| Recipients | 16,155 13,178 2,611 121 10 10 | 6 5 10 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 15,815 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $764,474 $8,960 $0 $28,163,720 $145,439,504 $194,568,052 |
$203,622,951 $93,415,626 $111,946,538 $28,272,577 $30,400,774 $4,236,973 |
$470,722 $9,855,338 $1,841,371 $1,335 $0 $0 |
$853,008,915 |
| Recipients | 917 70 0 8,873 14,196 13,796 | 13,584 6,538 5,161 7,082 5,124 1,797 | 153 528 207 2 0 0 | 21,564 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,874,562 $25,741,828 |
$164,310,502 $85,760,848 $22,297,201 $54,735,242 $124,813,424 $53,425,385 |
$80,401,576 $2,726,499 $33,133,425 $0 $0 $0 |
$650,220,492 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 95 1,144 | 2,100 2,263 872 1,807 1,875 1,414 | 2,184 125 1,229 0 0 0 | 5,019 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$49,065 $0 $717 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$49,783 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 25 0 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 26 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $7,914,383 $52,347 $8 $1,212,109 $17,351,459 $73,441,905 |
$48,479,837 $63,170,007 $59,982,980 $16,126,290 $22,895,531 $10,970,367 |
$111,460 $0 $5,039 $0 $0 $0 |
$321,713,722 |
| Recipients | 2,688 29 2 577 2,719 3,633 | 1,572 1,901 1,828 862 2,449 1,653 | 28 0 2 0 0 0 | 7,868 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $83,943 $78,488 $17,241 $0 $8,187 $0 |
$0 $653,461 $581,012 $114,529 $11,957 $190,519 |
$18,049 $0 $311,838 $14,234 $0 $119,286 |
$2,202,743 |
| Recipients | 72 58 53 0 2 0 | 0 65 65 51 34 38 | 36 0 28 28 0 17 | 172 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $53,931 $35,152 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$89,084 |
| Recipients | 28 23 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 31 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $7,573 |
$388 $12,076 $8,082 $0 $4,302 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$32,421 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 17 | 3 17 6 0 15 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 34 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $7,198 $167 $0 $0 |
$0 $320,332 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $65,163 $117,619 $1,028,007 $262,896 $29,577 |
$1,830,959 |
| Recipients | 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 0 358 0 0 0 0 | 0 14 3 44 50 6 | 459 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $29,006 $-79,151 $46,753 $-100,026 $117,279 $191,869 |
$204,159 $1,734,766 $331,777 $7,526 $19,136 $8,761 |
$5,522 $14,046 $142 $1,849 $145 $0 |
$2,533,557 |
| Recipients | 556 240 253 75 2,442 2,934 | 2,508 545 295 329 396 99 | 159 149 3 5 5 0 | 7,101 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $37,303 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $911,568 $60,000 |
$1,008,872 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 19 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 85 8 | 97 | |
| Total Storage Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $128,299 $4,727,114 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,855,413 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 327 1,229 0 0 0 | 1,420 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $6,810,248 $5,885,322 $6,056,474 $5,484,545 $5,530,382 $6,222,349 |
$9,412,447 $6,145,483 $8,269,962 $11,589,900 $7,369,586 $8,222,881 |
$8,728,300 $8,321,484 $21,146,327 $17,710,682 $12,622,048 $13,239,507 |
$168,767,927 |
| Recipients | 3,039 2,454 2,106 1,769 1,678 2,355 | 3,144 1,925 2,203 2,073 1,928 2,092 | 2,095 2,134 3,410 3,389 2,457 2,458 | 11,124 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $4,666,159 $4,520,763 $4,310,350 $3,537,108 $3,156,059 $3,521,859 |
$4,154,943 $4,384,392 $5,116,659 $6,770,212 $6,876,393 $7,553,561 |
$8,480,983 $8,204,783 $9,003,949 $10,527,568 $10,699,544 $10,967,677 |
$116,452,961 |
| Recipients | 1,526 1,491 1,440 1,208 1,043 1,125 | 1,269 1,403 1,536 1,685 1,776 1,917 | 2,045 2,118 2,113 2,257 2,292 2,281 | 4,604 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $172,834 $902,241 $1,397,498 $1,957,552 $1,261,201 |
$1,234,908 $1,297,013 $1,545,282 $2,300,986 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $5,864,251 $693,282 $0 $0 |
$18,627,048 |
| Recipients | 0 125 377 403 533 473 | 494 456 365 305 0 0 | 0 0 728 57 0 0 | 2,889 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $3,198,252 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,198,252 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 260 0 0 0 | 260 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $1,475,039 $1,167,772 $843,883 $523,346 $407,409 $30,474 |
$10,915 $2,964 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,461,802 |
| Recipients | 1,137 879 329 189 152 15 | 5 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,974 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $153,951 $1,280 $0 $0 |
$155,231 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 32 1 0 0 | 33 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $16,148 $23,953 $0 $26,593 $9,363 $269,340 |
$568,571 $149,532 $849,412 $267,730 $277,665 $389,194 |
$171,436 $39,840 $2,714,904 $6,441,978 $1,852,154 $2,264,007 |
$16,331,820 |
| Recipients | 5 13 0 14 10 176 | 248 57 319 112 138 151 | 41 2 485 1,121 153 189 | 2,380 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $29,753 $64,953 $140,691 |
$74,140 $76,861 $65,838 $46,573 $70,350 $7,823 |
$576,982 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 2 10 19 | 20 19 20 17 21 3 | 29 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $41,873 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,139,475 |
$3,040,363 $118,500 $21,387 $10,587 $2,551 $6,591 |
$1,741 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,383,068 |
| Recipients | 20 0 0 0 0 758 | 1,350 45 8 5 3 4 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,649 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $32,277 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$402,746 $193,082 $737,222 $2,210,633 $148,024 $132,844 |
$0 $0 $145,183 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,002,011 |
| Recipients | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 10 6 15 5 5 5 | 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 33 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $578,752 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$578,752 |
| Recipients | 536 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 536 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $7,261,394 $3,478,077 $1,787,117 $99,017 $41,775,989 $23,366,973 |
$49,849,293 $3,377,261 $30,334,661 $1,872,865 $19,512,162 $1,914,433 |
$8,599,156 $16,269,953 $621,787 $53,476,120 $26,633,126 $8,138,603 |
$298,367,987 |
| Recipients | 2,625 1,728 972 15 7,137 7,411 | 7,884 1,533 5,737 311 2,650 643 | 1,448 3,606 94 8,108 8,759 517 | 21,073 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $3,091,087 $2,125,578 $3,044,819 |
$8,261,484 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 157 86 146 | 294 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $4,471,535 $1,311,078 $1,787,117 $99,017 $38,124,922 $19,279,477 |
$43,988,905 $3,377,261 $21,252,736 $1,827,175 $17,606,288 $1,895,855 |
$8,003,351 $14,520,248 $618,338 $50,257,772 $24,268,375 $4,634,564 |
$257,324,012 |
| Recipients | 1,296 772 972 15 4,624 4,967 | 4,769 1,533 2,327 260 1,660 637 | 1,073 2,360 91 8,060 8,737 365 | 17,499 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $2,789,859 $2,167,000 $0 $0 $3,649,009 $4,087,496 |
$5,860,388 $0 $4,221,540 $44,601 $1,905,874 $18,578 |
$0 $0 $0 $123,208 $233,479 $457,298 |
$25,558,330 |
| Recipients | 1,331 1,422 0 0 2,688 3,481 | 3,429 0 2,481 49 1,002 6 | 0 0 0 2 16 8 | 5,580 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,058 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $5,694 $1,922 |
$9,674 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2 |
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.
