USDA subsidies for farms in 4th District of Colorado (Rep. Cory Gardner) totaled $3,640,000,000 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 | $137,965,023 $147,362,406 $146,545,733 $228,171,927 $332,866,057 $314,078,362 |
$271,089,330 $163,595,096 $245,070,812 $175,804,297 $305,095,469 $187,060,576 |
$138,806,870 $191,253,159 $149,906,261 $208,694,395 $160,629,434 $136,099,469 |
$3,640,094,677 |
| Recipients | 15,895 16,993 16,767 16,504 16,651 16,758 | 17,131 18,117 17,180 16,575 17,051 16,145 | 15,012 16,028 14,390 14,386 14,252 13,263 | 34,251 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $62,363,061 $82,493,683 $81,939,024 $175,431,489 $258,000,110 $244,066,144 |
$167,883,104 $71,755,295 $93,856,312 $93,613,281 $157,453,541 $119,166,205 |
$67,426,790 $72,170,623 $69,321,138 $69,274,921 $64,695,098 $61,751,792 |
$2,012,661,610 |
| Recipients | 12,534 14,580 14,466 14,586 14,486 14,388 | 13,994 13,352 14,201 13,302 13,858 13,282 | 12,082 12,139 11,035 11,559 11,102 10,146 | 28,420 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $3,222,786 $82,107,995 $72,266,385 $68,122,157 $68,906,794 |
$66,647,133 $68,554,687 $60,579,838 $64,167,171 $61,733,436 $57,618,280 |
$673,926,662 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 1,978 13,904 13,038 12,782 12,430 | 11,887 11,805 10,824 11,310 10,965 9,996 | 19,950 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $5,124,373 $3,162,730 $35,488,880 $34,397,969 |
$84,878 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$78,258,830 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 2,950 3,378 10,528 9,925 | 40 0 0 0 0 0 | 10,797 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $2,494,070 $3,819,348 $2,831,711 $2,400,518 |
$11,545,647 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 252 286 292 276 | 352 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $100,144,814 $90,613,466 $93,010,355 $74,710,826 $78,255,121 |
$61,026,437 $52,974,276 $-2,375,574 $-24,099 $-328 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$548,335,294 |
| Recipients | 0 13,985 14,180 14,266 12,874 13,212 | 12,767 12,428 2,947 31 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 18,901 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $42,957,184 $83,373,610 $83,021,612 |
$70,460,198 $6,346 $50,908 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$279,869,859 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 14,030 13,820 13,460 | 13,240 20 9 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 16,464 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $633,317 $2,785,815 |
$1,077,069 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,496,201 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 145 203 | 143 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 294 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $868,966 |
$1,649,125 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,518,091 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 1,590 | 1,366 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2,106 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $60,904,949 $-18,755,359 $-8,729,613 $-132,578 $-75,980 $-23,956 |
$-12,609 $-3,192 $-395 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$33,171,265 |
| Recipients | 12,258 8,213 3,057 94 45 12 | 5 15 2 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 11,000 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $35,625,143 $93,098,629 $67,355,251 |
$29,583,117 $9,049,905 $5,155,278 $15,511,294 $49,480,112 $12,956,898 |
$283,314 $275,105 $423,098 $527,922 $117,339 $0 |
$319,442,407 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 8,124 10,630 9,818 | 5,810 2,429 3,385 3,063 4,526 1,828 | 71 59 65 48 24 0 | 14,763 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $200,171 $738,399 |
$414,520 $17,022 $6,236 $297,963 $1,557,418 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,231,729 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 14 16 | 4 4 1 5 45 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 71 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,051 $120 $8,146 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$12,317 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 8 1 7 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 16 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $47 $2,418,973 $5,841,405 $5,208,635 |
$1,483,371 $991,180 $307,567 $192,839 $2,053,474 $634,097 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$19,131,590 |
| Recipients | 0 0 1 390 939 615 | 216 339 125 67 220 91 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,430 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $118,625 $505,221 $39,486 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $3,395,546 $2,657,104 $1,188,150 $77,939 $1,707,535 |
$399,420 $199 $5,797,342 $722,729 $5,965 $1,732,658 |
$18,347,921 |
| Recipients | 48 70 46 0 0 0 | 0 119 113 99 84 92 | 62 1 111 108 1 81 | 269 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $1,229,840 $607,484 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,837,324 |
| Recipients | 284 238 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 340 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $74,301 |
$997,062 $904,180 $416,216 $-36 $75,294 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,467,017 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 149 | 103 157 109 1 137 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 334 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,554,776 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $3,321,416 $25,590 $26,320 $1,963 $336 |
$4,930,401 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 508 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 647 2 8 1 1 | 1,063 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $109,647 $-8,476 $15,638 $-2,363 $218,131 $5,782,000 |
$1,200,763 $1,197,126 $18,980 $60,036 $42,350 $27,692 |
$12,044 $19,215 $1,200 $11,430 $4,683 $0 |
$8,710,095 |
| Recipients | 114 182 78 105 1,410 1,928 | 1,135 803 681 284 1,017 684 | 303 318 54 303 96 0 | 5,442 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $379,476 $958,018 $556,244 $535,220 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,428,959 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 419 745 543 545 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,280 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $66,116,011 $64,809,407 $64,084,801 $52,622,495 $56,786,380 $60,028,031 |
$64,040,289 $64,518,721 $61,673,207 $65,266,538 $61,394,061 $65,138,076 |
$68,279,006 $69,480,807 $76,991,197 $60,875,680 $66,459,907 $60,942,020 |
$1,149,506,634 |
| Recipients | 5,770 5,680 5,504 5,302 5,499 6,061 | 6,033 6,363 6,226 6,464 6,321 6,418 | 6,505 6,493 6,859 5,861 6,187 5,909 | 14,927 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $64,634,478 $63,401,050 $63,055,544 $51,152,303 $54,970,573 $57,956,936 |
$62,372,060 $59,794,039 $58,758,264 $60,998,700 $61,153,560 $64,986,957 |
$68,160,201 $69,372,354 $66,165,975 $57,148,947 $66,201,467 $60,937,136 |
$1,111,220,542 |
| Recipients | 5,195 5,237 5,143 5,023 5,185 5,487 | 5,771 5,907 5,919 6,173 6,292 6,398 | 6,494 6,487 6,346 5,807 6,177 5,908 | 12,570 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $308,181 $685,465 $1,137,237 $1,724,818 $1,604,528 |
$1,603,435 $4,607,597 $2,313,718 $3,913,734 $49,919 $22,187 |
$0 $0 $7,904,569 $3,632,153 $0 $0 |
$29,507,540 |
| Recipients | 0 103 192 293 420 409 | 379 676 331 428 6 4 | 0 0 740 92 0 0 | 2,713 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $2,798,447 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,798,447 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 161 0 0 0 | 161 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $1,480,611 $1,025,396 $249,339 $89,838 $19,130 $10,092 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,874,407 |
| Recipients | 706 487 123 28 9 7 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,166 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $27,626 $0 $0 $0 |
$27,626 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 6 0 0 0 | 6 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $922 $74,780 $94,453 $243,117 $71,859 $456,476 |
$1,500 $14,748 $543,635 $284,398 $161,287 $23,902 |
$29,082 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,000,159 |
| Recipients | 1 9 152 50 17 309 | 1 7 139 75 28 5 | 5 0 0 0 0 0 | 647 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $10,100 $25,279 $58,126 |
$80,648 $108,453 $94,580 $94,580 $258,440 $4,884 |
$735,090 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1 2 5 | 6 7 7 7 12 1 | 13 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$8,635 $76,909 $54,050 $7,435 $3,145 $2,256 |
$4,071 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$156,501 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 20 13 2 3 3 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 31 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$54,659 $25,428 $3,541 $52,172 $871 $44,648 |
$5,004 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$186,323 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 4 3 3 1 10 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 16 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $9,485,951 $59,315 $521,909 $117,943 $18,079,567 $9,984,187 |
$39,165,937 $27,321,080 $89,541,293 $16,924,478 $86,247,868 $2,756,296 |
$3,101,074 $49,601,729 $3,593,926 $78,543,795 $29,474,429 $13,405,657 |
$477,926,432 |
| Recipients | 2,542 46 271 24 2,482 1,985 | 6,401 5,460 7,927 3,139 8,157 787 | 774 7,947 602 3,302 1,805 934 | 17,100 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $75,056,381 $21,141,364 $6,299,644 |
$102,497,389 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3,072 1,151 339 | 3,722 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $8,338,723 $60,013 $521,909 $117,943 $18,079,567 $9,984,187 |
$31,154,193 $2,914,388 $88,894,588 $16,160,397 $79,151,288 $2,401,335 |
$3,036,422 $46,586,445 $2,265,776 $578,248 $727,334 $5,934,968 |
$316,907,725 |
| Recipients | 2,163 45 271 24 2,482 1,985 | 5,042 629 7,711 2,911 7,761 721 | 746 7,296 493 97 108 533 | 13,838 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $1,147,228 $-698 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$8,011,744 $9,910,749 $405,123 $772,779 $7,096,580 $354,961 |
$0 $0 $1,323,071 $2,909,166 $7,603,624 $1,171,044 |
$40,705,371 |
| Recipients | 465 1 0 0 0 0 | 2,183 4,015 387 445 1,332 71 | 0 0 132 325 674 131 | 5,502 |
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.
