USDA subsidies for farms in At-large District of South Dakota (Rep. Kristi L.Noem) totaled $7,846,000,000 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 | $244,075,096 $228,910,602 $267,582,946 $436,928,630 $792,186,953 $801,430,170 |
$715,512,662 $334,609,390 $547,941,632 $398,566,868 $807,817,882 $415,292,530 |
$317,313,055 $401,705,644 $258,457,562 $380,660,977 $250,674,588 $246,122,066 |
$7,845,789,252 |
| Recipients | 45,257 45,556 46,551 44,592 44,160 43,388 | 43,041 44,968 42,879 39,917 42,148 39,985 | 38,196 39,013 36,240 35,971 35,019 34,087 | 85,195 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $140,211,119 $160,359,940 $184,438,209 $354,255,391 $631,204,226 $699,780,053 |
$579,251,610 $154,325,294 $240,617,394 $303,244,047 $512,922,362 $304,537,046 |
$159,944,577 $161,442,684 $174,713,918 $202,774,444 $148,444,479 $146,157,334 |
$5,258,624,125 |
| Recipients | 38,522 41,353 41,745 40,339 39,138 39,676 | 38,071 34,805 36,587 33,531 34,890 33,354 | 30,892 30,183 29,118 28,583 27,730 27,022 | 71,260 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $3,695,580 $229,271,685 $159,465,448 $160,551,227 $159,421,402 |
$158,020,728 $159,221,575 $111,111,609 $108,791,336 $107,626,915 $106,221,526 |
$1,463,399,030 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 2,220 35,583 32,577 31,602 30,904 | 30,250 29,631 24,795 24,042 23,825 23,450 | 46,447 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $17,361,987 $18,218,979 $106,539,507 $102,076,573 |
$34,352 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$244,231,398 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 10,742 12,213 30,946 29,367 | 17 0 0 0 0 0 | 31,663 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $33,184,377 $81,414,524 $35,894,583 $35,075,152 |
$185,568,636 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 6,008 6,598 6,579 6,566 | 7,608 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $175,042,948 $176,575,903 $172,338,808 $144,213,723 $145,949,091 |
$117,552,128 $105,178,804 $-22,062,791 $-58,564 $-2,163 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,014,727,888 |
| Recipients | 0 38,764 38,872 38,110 34,701 35,399 | 33,935 32,780 25,118 54 7 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 48,547 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $80,334,959 $157,740,472 $159,482,371 |
$135,289,528 $19,677 $278 $-4,293 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$532,862,991 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 37,455 36,862 35,962 | 34,874 15 2 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 42,744 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,484,125 $8,617,860 |
$3,677,773 $3,023 $2,067 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$14,784,849 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 1,455 2,369 | 1,811 3 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3,226 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $26,599,947 |
$55,539,927 $20,339 $0 $7,963 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$82,168,176 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 25,412 | 24,549 6 0 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 28,460 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $132,715,798 $-18,248,102 $-18,413,019 $-104,450 $-25,010 $-22,976 |
$-4,120 $-11,040 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$95,887,081 |
| Recipients | 36,140 19,419 14,213 202 46 36 | 9 17 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 35,438 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $4,893 $-78 $0 $92,479,670 $274,687,059 $293,400,523 |
$226,158,090 $19,244,436 $4,795,893 $118,079,926 $211,820,974 $30,692,748 |
$850,590 $462,619 $918,858 $986,752 $247,773 $6,585 |
$1,274,837,312 |
| Recipients | 33 2 0 25,291 31,328 30,362 | 26,839 9,613 6,368 21,496 21,473 8,932 | 1,566 1,121 1,046 985 571 36 | 41,902 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $12,472 $1,556,860 $12,112,570 |
$1,079,445 $264 $21,811 $2,794,649 $13,936,018 $20,649 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$31,534,738 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 3 63 322 | 39 3 3 114 350 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 694 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$722 $209 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$931 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 8 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $250 $0 $285 $8,576,488 $45,766,772 $52,449,399 |
$39,080,542 $13,606,628 $582,438 $2,651,239 $19,040,850 $7,611,201 |
$4,585 $0 $0 $1,368 $0 $0 |
$189,372,045 |
| Recipients | 3 0 4 2,543 6,154 5,886 | 4,199 2,851 998 1,083 2,758 1,814 | 3 0 0 12 0 0 | 9,554 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $896,788 $752,451 $170,190 $604 $0 $0 |
$0 $10,083,765 $9,591,227 $2,075,328 $32,357 $4,677,342 |
$606,620 $381 $10,868,734 $721,271 $0 $3,725,386 |
$44,202,443 |
| Recipients | 1,121 857 860 1 0 0 | 0 1,083 1,008 867 716 749 | 665 1 528 531 0 379 | 2,443 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $5,614,308 $2,809,039 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$8,423,348 |
| Recipients | 3,467 2,975 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3,897 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,150,743 |
$836,132 $2,310,243 $1,035,298 $-6,964 $965,059 $4,050 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$6,294,561 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 1,424 | 991 1,487 971 4 977 2 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2,457 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $26,086,112 $618,726 $-7,040 $-471 |
$0 $6,054 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$28,701 $1,510,856 $18,602,362 $10,833,139 $4,668,497 $1,128,685 |
$63,475,620 |
| Recipients | 0 0 7,527 7,522 3 1 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 7 411 1,547 1,215 698 195 | 9,433 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $979,082 $3,682 $18,738 $-1,887 $4,787,264 $40,997 |
$41,443 $167,311 $17,381 $9,814 $26,240 $10,926 |
$9,520 $5,238 $1,497 $26,055 $6,711 $0 |
$6,150,012 |
| Recipients | 1,109 193 93 1,063 7,157 3,196 | 1,852 786 674 908 1,184 160 | 315 231 78 25 146 0 | 13,914 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $120 $8,626 $11,627 $22,156 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$42,528 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 2 15 13 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 37 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $1,897 $666 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,563 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 3 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 | |
| Total Emergency Compensation Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$389,481 $242,014 $26,481 $0 $0 $0 |
$657,976 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 123 56 5 0 0 0 | 181 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $76,525,332 $68,362,072 $70,302,780 $82,035,654 $70,315,730 $62,401,912 |
$70,483,420 $75,472,188 $76,338,597 $77,999,458 $83,165,355 $93,677,421 |
$94,192,778 $82,300,915 $83,072,117 $79,525,340 $75,186,253 $68,935,410 |
$1,390,292,732 |
| Recipients | 12,890 12,597 12,456 13,251 11,934 11,560 | 12,658 14,924 15,141 15,700 16,235 16,758 | 16,965 16,363 16,427 15,797 15,770 15,266 | 38,812 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $72,660,804 $66,302,268 $67,781,555 $77,903,910 $67,670,555 $58,978,908 |
$65,872,355 $67,047,822 $67,377,993 $68,186,099 $67,235,200 $71,200,916 |
$73,727,406 $64,557,673 $63,380,129 $65,124,518 $74,037,105 $68,526,766 |
$1,227,571,981 |
| Recipients | 10,685 10,960 11,417 11,862 11,230 10,593 | 11,736 12,965 13,744 14,423 14,893 15,308 | 15,841 15,430 15,370 15,374 15,678 15,249 | 31,036 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $142,835 $346,012 $1,451,143 $1,804,813 $2,212,543 |
$1,960,115 $3,202,077 $4,335,866 $5,139,771 $10,456,756 $15,998,071 |
$14,371,932 $12,491,583 $13,548,231 $5,644,057 $0 $0 |
$93,105,804 |
| Recipients | 0 51 125 357 400 463 | 450 514 553 552 854 1,073 | 938 991 1,158 363 0 0 | 4,114 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $759,002 $2,212,474 |
$2,693,162 $3,848,029 $3,007,749 $0 $0 $0 |
$12,520,416 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 111 195 | 198 273 240 0 0 0 | 319 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $1,911,826 $1,520,582 $491,909 $201,104 $103,117 $102,542 |
$62,760 $26,134 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,419,973 |
| Recipients | 2,070 1,858 421 130 48 29 | 11 6 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3,734 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $474,399 $296,883 |
$324,870 $385,078 $576,695 $75,503 $0 $0 |
$2,133,429 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 89 77 | 69 72 100 4 0 0 | 279 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $383,037 $396,387 $1,683,303 $2,479,497 $737,245 $1,107,919 |
$2,002,041 $4,907,470 $4,325,917 $4,406,220 $3,796,158 $2,966,628 |
$2,432,268 $466,913 $779,571 $755,145 $518,129 $314,123 |
$34,457,972 |
| Recipients | 339 293 928 1,629 608 848 | 786 2,324 1,581 1,417 978 924 | 507 106 200 135 85 18 | 8,721 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $142,846 $263,816 $363,730 |
$499,568 $514,522 $506,334 $540,095 $631,019 $94,521 |
$3,556,451 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 12 19 26 | 33 35 34 38 49 9 | 58 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $8,756 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$41,631 $92,692 $97,821 $67,208 $43,914 $48,660 |
$24,130 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$424,812 |
| Recipients | 7 0 0 0 0 0 | 6 18 21 15 9 11 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 | 51 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$544,519 $195,993 $201,000 $57,314 $136,110 $590,061 |
$119,442 $37,116 $1,273,408 $7,386,021 $0 $0 |
$10,540,984 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 30 38 45 26 23 18 | 22 15 14 62 0 0 | 193 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $1,560,910 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,560,910 |
| Recipients | 879 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 879 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $27,338,645 $188,590 $12,841,957 $637,585 $90,666,997 $39,248,204 |
$65,777,632 $104,811,909 $230,985,642 $17,323,363 $211,730,165 $17,078,063 |
$63,175,701 $157,962,045 $671,527 $98,361,193 $27,043,856 $31,029,322 |
$1,196,872,395 |
| Recipients | 6,892 289 8,890 372 16,290 12,396 | 13,516 19,769 22,208 4,074 17,816 2,644 | 6,977 19,072 264 5,174 2,327 1,945 | 44,174 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $89,866,808 $23,582,867 $27,789,624 |
$141,239,299 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 4,258 1,335 1,493 | 5,887 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $22,313,041 $205,810 $646,653 $640,896 $89,822,272 $39,248,206 |
$62,346,445 $6,069,451 $226,376,016 $16,577,204 $171,472,455 $15,898,454 |
$60,884,820 $141,317,013 $642,028 $5,258,711 $2,264,919 $2,674,165 |
$864,658,558 |
| Recipients | 6,464 283 519 367 16,225 12,395 | 13,064 745 21,264 3,785 16,823 2,480 | 6,689 16,383 258 1,381 1,279 432 | 36,818 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $5,025,604 $-17,220 $12,195,304 $-3,311 $844,725 $-2 |
$3,431,187 $47,761,698 $1,982,088 $749,026 $40,257,710 $1,178,490 |
$0 $0 $28,835 $3,228,267 $1,196,070 $565,533 |
$118,424,004 |
| Recipients | 1,234 6 8,603 5 380 1 | 1,709 16,885 1,431 458 5,696 235 | 0 0 5 235 137 48 | 21,232 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,119 |
$0 $0 $0 $7,407 $0 $0 |
$8,526 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 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.
