USDA subsidies for farms in 1st District of Nebraska (Rep. Jeff Fortenberry) totaled $2,781,000,000 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 | $94,877,181 $70,698,265 $88,933,001 $157,550,401 $311,654,463 $322,032,662 |
$292,006,383 $104,193,848 $155,364,726 $163,344,545 $298,286,896 $168,233,073 |
$91,553,414 $94,691,930 $89,390,531 $107,685,187 $84,389,177 $85,867,805 |
$2,780,753,489 |
| Recipients | 19,175 20,356 20,597 19,656 20,660 20,477 | 20,262 19,626 19,343 18,310 19,174 18,368 | 17,102 16,981 16,307 16,196 15,960 15,607 | 36,746 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $79,774,037 $56,739,360 $76,681,310 $145,036,134 $292,748,036 $305,317,611 |
$265,516,633 $75,711,128 $104,868,059 $144,343,931 $265,980,530 $150,007,778 |
$72,666,400 $72,933,834 $69,166,044 $68,136,874 $67,093,384 $68,005,007 |
$2,380,726,090 |
| Recipients | 17,770 19,460 19,789 18,931 19,900 19,669 | 19,187 17,452 17,991 16,871 17,645 16,884 | 15,521 15,051 14,295 14,063 13,955 13,709 | 34,162 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $3,572,822 $95,665,375 $72,778,378 $73,461,603 $72,166,387 |
$72,384,048 $72,852,408 $53,226,835 $52,807,302 $52,523,219 $52,430,076 |
$673,868,454 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 2,588 17,773 16,479 16,117 15,686 | 15,367 14,867 12,267 11,937 11,918 11,748 | 23,472 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $10,323,538 $10,619,545 $64,488,155 $56,138,628 |
$9,285 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$141,579,151 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 7,953 8,803 16,759 15,984 | 12 0 0 0 0 0 | 17,231 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $13,657,872 $14,674,137 $14,374,204 $14,795,217 |
$57,501,430 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 3,160 3,374 3,426 3,458 | 3,947 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $66,336,353 $93,874,010 $84,290,208 $70,257,604 $69,922,306 |
$55,522,604 $49,307,956 $-3,909,574 $-18,711 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$485,582,756 |
| Recipients | 0 19,010 19,089 18,833 17,266 17,671 | 16,952 16,309 9,161 25 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 23,688 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $39,089,576 $75,918,449 $75,972,892 |
$64,547,773 $-11,626 $0 $-15,198 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$255,501,866 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 18,539 18,230 17,958 | 17,488 13 0 6 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 21,016 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $401,799 $1,180,093 |
$436,434 $259 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,018,585 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 202 245 | 204 3 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 378 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $10,560,236 |
$21,261,245 $-4,705 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$31,816,776 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 15,636 | 15,258 9 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 17,084 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $78,693,535 $-9,813,560 $-17,217,416 $-64,808 $-19,241 $-9,262 |
$-946 $-29 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$51,568,271 |
| Recipients | 17,536 5,333 9,728 94 25 9 | 7 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 17,101 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $74 $0 $0 $17,993,574 $118,679,567 $123,578,339 |
$111,879,647 $15,104,149 $476,069 $58,976,199 $117,739,808 $17,993,190 |
$153,612 $14,240 $16,676 $18,807 $11,635 $295 |
$582,635,883 |
| Recipients | 4 0 0 8,274 16,844 16,185 | 15,560 7,342 1,808 11,501 12,909 4,860 | 377 76 78 73 51 8 | 21,706 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $20,301 $780,174 |
$237 $993 $0 $44,555 $930,225 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,776,485 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 8 35 | 3 3 0 15 67 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 121 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $37 $305 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$342 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $3,711,211 $22,567,810 $23,050,521 |
$11,728,234 $5,741,739 $560,919 $1,556,105 $9,259,426 $2,935,083 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$81,111,049 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1,182 3,008 2,714 | 1,972 1,412 774 699 1,516 1,040 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4,492 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $83,635 $110,372 $33,930 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $1,680,614 $1,677,269 $387,816 $17,872 $766,515 |
$112,207 $0 $1,891,464 $138,135 $280 $648,611 |
$7,548,718 |
| Recipients | 107 105 129 0 0 0 | 0 153 152 127 106 102 | 92 0 84 83 2 51 | 310 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $159,498 $101,567 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$261,066 |
| Recipients | 376 345 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 440 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $109,386 |
$21,376 $108,147 $55,851 $-702 $51,120 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$345,178 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 217 | 84 201 129 1 146 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 361 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $3,541 $356 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $52,012 $372,077 $495,527 $183,111 $118,808 |
$1,225,432 |
| Recipients | 0 0 4 5 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 18 22 70 46 16 | 150 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $837,295 $4,628 $-12,756 $16,017 $4,921,748 $172,925 |
$120,029 $210,808 $17,913 $15,639 $32,321 $7,976 |
$7,248 $15,174 $1,120 $2,966 $298 $0 |
$6,371,350 |
| Recipients | 978 218 295 2,334 10,496 8,434 | 4,584 2,018 778 1,749 2,026 263 | 673 484 59 75 22 0 | 15,911 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $661 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$661 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $637 $12,000 |
$12,637 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $14,347,550 $13,961,971 $12,235,285 $12,487,507 $13,422,613 $14,064,127 |
$16,398,840 $15,829,089 $16,913,692 $18,301,990 $17,169,488 $18,071,323 |
$18,230,293 $17,297,160 $20,157,649 $16,403,373 $16,972,176 $16,957,686 |
$289,221,812 |
| Recipients | 3,255 3,225 3,002 3,003 3,120 3,481 | 3,814 4,046 4,477 4,836 4,912 5,008 | 4,972 4,949 5,238 4,860 4,847 4,518 | 10,456 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $13,693,468 $13,441,231 $11,787,447 $12,128,347 $13,062,143 $13,637,683 |
$16,045,391 $15,352,342 $15,774,142 $17,395,454 $17,048,635 $17,922,998 |
$18,175,289 $17,260,378 $16,901,265 $16,121,740 $16,239,425 $14,226,725 |
$276,214,102 |
| Recipients | 2,880 2,958 2,778 2,892 3,028 3,365 | 3,777 3,978 4,378 4,740 4,882 4,985 | 4,963 4,940 4,877 4,800 4,774 4,455 | 9,142 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $70,667 $256,092 $248,662 $186,597 $190,262 |
$169,555 $428,155 $858,377 $870,040 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $2,579,704 $52,707 $0 $0 |
$5,910,818 |
| Recipients | 0 41 97 78 50 56 | 51 100 144 162 0 0 | 0 0 304 11 0 0 | 813 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $513,126 $0 $0 $0 |
$513,126 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 170 0 0 0 | 170 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $583,381 $448,505 $156,927 $105,136 $65,939 $30,612 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,390,500 |
| Recipients | 375 289 116 55 37 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 715 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $35,258 $2,065 $0 $0 |
$37,323 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 4 1 0 0 | 5 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $57,544 $1,568 $34,819 $5,362 $107,934 $205,570 |
$2,705 $0 $0 $0 $84,884 $36,408 |
$0 $21,127 $91,104 $193,581 $690,214 $2,730,143 |
$4,262,963 |
| Recipients | 40 2 39 9 41 60 | 2 0 0 0 45 21 | 0 6 31 67 111 76 | 504 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $10,554 $15,122 $104,669 |
$29,229 $15,655 $37,192 $33,280 $42,537 $818 |
$289,056 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3 6 9 | 14 10 13 13 15 1 | 22 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$19,911 $16,393 $5,772 $6,810 $14,442 $7,248 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$70,575 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 7 2 4 2 5 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$161,278 $32,200 $275,401 $19,132 $6,406 $0 |
$25,775 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$520,191 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 5 6 2 1 0 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 22 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $13,158 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$13,158 |
| Recipients | 17 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 17 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $755,594 $-3,065 $16,406 $26,759 $5,483,813 $2,650,925 |
$10,090,910 $12,653,631 $33,582,975 $698,624 $15,136,878 $153,972 |
$656,720 $4,460,936 $66,838 $23,144,941 $323,007 $905,112 |
$110,804,977 |
| Recipients | 440 5 12 31 1,222 1,398 | 5,033 5,144 8,673 582 5,755 54 | 357 3,196 28 2,057 123 103 | 14,310 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $23,050,738 $269,066 $897,626 |
$24,217,430 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1,984 36 101 | 2,064 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $755,594 $-3,065 $15,153 $26,759 $5,479,105 $2,637,349 |
$8,773,468 $126,283 $33,202,671 $730,584 $14,988,962 $151,525 |
$617,995 $3,698,576 $66,838 $90,783 $25,234 $763 |
$71,384,578 |
| Recipients | 440 5 10 31 1,221 1,367 | 4,500 66 8,549 566 5,677 52 | 318 2,621 28 77 78 1 | 11,944 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $0 $0 $1,253 $0 $0 $13,576 |
$1,317,442 $4,017,348 $5,903 $958 $147,916 $2,447 |
$0 $0 $0 $3,420 $24,877 $6,723 |
$5,541,862 |
| Recipients | 0 0 2 0 0 39 | 1,348 3,726 13 14 216 2 | 0 0 0 1 12 1 | 4,095 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,708 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $3,830 $0 |
$8,538 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3 |
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.
