USDA subsidies for farms in 2nd District of Kansas (Rep. Lynn Jenkins) totaled $1,484,000,000 from 1995 through 2009.
| Subsidy Category | Type | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 | TOTAL 1995-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total USDA - Subsidies | Payments | $41,860,595 $56,881,471 $56,220,384 $88,475,611 $148,791,204 $165,690,313 |
$176,057,317 $67,509,124 $89,385,056 $85,372,384 $136,875,444 $80,086,614 |
$57,026,858 $71,202,651 $57,556,731 $55,710,750 $49,965,958 |
$1,483,675,687 |
| Recipients | 14,826 20,852 20,979 20,523 21,082 21,610 | 21,977 23,094 21,398 20,016 20,962 20,389 | 18,668 18,794 17,576 17,277 16,316 | 40,032 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $23,112,357 $40,299,041 $39,642,840 $76,910,900 $131,382,701 $144,728,914 |
$130,822,105 $40,805,264 $56,726,710 $69,726,887 $103,837,729 $64,304,874 |
$38,458,234 $38,658,045 $39,321,288 $37,949,025 $36,100,104 |
$1,112,326,905 |
| Recipients | 11,179 19,066 19,314 19,467 20,051 20,660 | 20,479 18,485 19,949 18,576 19,468 18,942 | 17,047 16,396 15,612 15,472 14,585 | 34,911 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $1,972,475 $51,751,010 $38,799,869 $39,287,472 $38,334,692 |
$38,182,108 $38,595,008 $35,465,257 $35,598,803 $34,034,070 |
$351,926,741 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 2,278 19,714 18,339 17,909 17,693 | 16,957 16,342 15,364 15,193 14,346 | 25,948 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,200,106 $1,057,444 $19,802,982 $19,898,736 |
$39,809 $7,836 $13,593 $1,757 $0 |
$41,982,231 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 2,146 2,396 17,122 16,739 | 35 9 8 7 0 | 18,139 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,497,954 $1,636,225 $1,524,888 |
$4,659,067 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 377 396 379 | 426 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $45,067,678 $43,477,117 $41,989,878 $39,020,612 $37,106,854 |
$28,886,687 $25,501,314 $-2,026,659 $-11,664 $-3,404 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$258,805,397 |
| Recipients | 0 18,716 18,970 19,280 17,905 18,264 | 17,630 17,460 7,253 48 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 24,644 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $20,632,383 $40,147,888 $40,331,772 |
$34,072,378 $13,869 $0 $1,645 $-1,798 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$135,094,132 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 19,005 18,936 18,820 | 18,632 9 0 7 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 22,013 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $622,415 $2,023,981 |
$439,219 $-11 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,103,110 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 284 344 | 188 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 431 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $7,039,180 |
$13,428,911 $3,764 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$20,461,252 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 13,461 | 13,055 2 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 15,620 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $22,834,494 $-5,067,490 $-3,900,212 $-12,184 $-2,952 $0 |
$0 $-224 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$13,837,580 |
| Recipients | 10,894 5,479 3,910 50 8 0 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 10,050 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $56 $0 $0 $13,725,378 $46,828,176 $54,834,752 |
$51,931,610 $9,365,601 $2,986,372 $28,977,240 $43,147,509 $4,486,705 |
$58,249 $4,635 $5,903 $6,219 $1,963 |
$256,263,094 |
| Recipients | 3 0 0 8,407 13,757 14,391 | 12,644 4,491 4,970 8,439 8,916 2,458 | 126 27 28 21 14 | 20,240 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $274 $3,650 $244,552 |
$62,107 $32,507 $13,158 $50,816 $416,199 $3,954 |
$5,868 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$833,085 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1 1 19 | 9 5 7 6 24 2 | 2 0 0 0 0 | 50 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,207 $278 $9,800 $2,359 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$22,644 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 10 1 15 5 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 27 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $570,130 $3,772,522 $3,033,302 |
$1,944,362 $1,748,009 $75,728 $380,289 $1,134,766 $603,224 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$13,332,675 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 223 665 522 | 356 340 90 76 236 338 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,178 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $146,727 $231,266 $66,104 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $2,108,056 $2,676,453 $462,209 $15,442 $975,151 |
$169,717 $0 $2,210,520 $115,757 $1,758 |
$9,195,570 |
| Recipients | 152 166 209 0 0 0 | 0 222 224 190 134 174 | 159 0 128 131 2 | 483 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $104,493 $66,909 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$171,402 |
| Recipients | 263 223 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 309 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $63,514 |
$22,482 $51,673 $29,590 $0 $31,149 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$198,408 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 106 | 40 90 75 0 95 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 201 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,765 |
$0 $214 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $41,561 $121,938 $583,125 $531,642 |
$1,280,245 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 15 26 175 224 | 392 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $26,586 $678 $-168 $5,041 $990,390 $49,241 |
$24,143 $7,738 $9,116 $6,318 $7,412 $2,413 |
$2,484 $3,305 $422 $1,439 $82 |
$1,135,070 |
| Recipients | 145 86 80 588 3,341 3,247 | 1,809 507 379 660 524 181 | 279 280 46 29 19 | 7,425 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $166 $363 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$529 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Tobacco Payment Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,871 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,871 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 25 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 25 | |
| Total Tobacco Transition Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $5,701 $5,701 $5,701 $5,701 |
$22,803 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 9 9 9 9 | 10 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $17,901,816 $16,578,612 $16,585,280 $11,566,950 $11,267,618 $11,989,690 |
$13,454,521 $13,282,574 $13,371,684 $15,206,159 $13,892,132 $15,746,210 |
$15,718,752 $14,422,830 $17,984,546 $13,640,332 $13,132,843 |
$245,284,894 |
| Recipients | 5,800 5,573 5,333 4,100 3,850 4,001 | 4,369 4,565 4,743 5,157 5,135 5,593 | 5,723 5,476 5,834 5,297 5,121 | 13,147 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $16,367,350 $15,722,343 $15,715,497 $11,048,200 $10,518,824 $11,291,700 |
$12,794,968 $12,421,427 $12,366,576 $13,693,806 $13,845,385 $15,568,944 |
$15,633,279 $14,398,298 $14,065,770 $13,290,317 $13,132,843 |
$231,439,381 |
| Recipients | 5,151 5,107 4,960 3,937 3,655 3,788 | 4,173 4,367 4,573 4,856 5,121 5,563 | 5,709 5,470 5,368 5,271 5,121 | 11,279 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $130,999 $441,865 $419,544 $633,092 $655,406 |
$606,706 $710,120 $881,191 $1,040,101 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $2,845,819 $338,313 $0 |
$8,691,638 |
| Recipients | 0 95 236 167 208 242 | 238 240 206 253 0 0 | 0 0 537 30 0 | 1,540 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $364,732 $0 $0 |
$364,732 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 53 0 0 | 53 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $1,195,580 $725,270 $427,918 $99,206 $114,267 $42,584 |
$19,673 $23,684 $0 $-42 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,638,284 |
| Recipients | 782 518 224 42 39 18 | 13 5 0 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,350 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $65,119 $11,702 $0 |
$76,821 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 38 3 0 | 41 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $338,262 $0 $0 $0 $1,434 $0 |
$0 $14,137 $4,619 $384,839 $2,524 $150,069 |
$19,591 $24,532 $643,106 $0 $0 |
$1,582,978 |
| Recipients | 25 0 0 0 1 0 | 0 2 7 150 2 34 | 12 9 59 0 0 | 297 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $624 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $40,852 $43,691 $25,851 $28,121 $4,749 |
$6,922 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$150,810 |
| Recipients | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 12 16 12 9 6 | 2 0 0 0 0 | 31 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$33,174 $72,355 $75,607 $61,604 $16,102 $22,449 |
$58,960 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$340,250 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 7 8 7 6 8 7 | 4 0 0 0 0 | 33 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $846,422 $3,818 $-7,737 $-2,239 $6,140,886 $8,971,709 |
$31,780,691 $13,421,286 $19,286,661 $439,338 $19,145,583 $35,529 |
$2,849,872 $18,121,776 $250,896 $4,121,393 $725,346 |
$126,056,222 |
| Recipients | 812 61 7 2 2,151 3,824 | 8,192 9,354 6,160 315 5,346 17 | 794 5,628 33 419 145 | 17,506 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $3,792,452 $631,222 |
$4,423,674 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 316 49 | 337 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $846,422 $3,818 $-7,737 $-2,239 $6,140,886 $8,971,709 |
$30,018,971 $13,421,286 $19,188,256 $425,069 $18,898,585 $33,298 |
$2,822,887 $15,105,811 $250,400 $277,371 $66,975 |
$103,181,594 |
| Recipients | 812 61 7 2 2,151 3,824 | 7,743 9,354 6,068 287 5,149 11 | 750 3,834 32 121 100 | 12,037 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,761,720 $0 $98,405 $14,269 $246,998 $2,231 |
$0 $0 $0 $51,570 $21,564 |
$2,197,043 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,306 0 153 28 434 6 | 0 0 0 5 2 | 1,861 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $5,585 |
$5,585 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 | 1 |
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.
