USDA subsidies for farms in 16th District of Texas (Rep. Silvestre Reyes) totaled $26,799,000 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 | $-93,272 $679,717 $372,906 $735,701 $979,692 $1,453,082 |
$2,895,831 $1,499,430 $2,809,251 $1,442,142 $3,775,344 $1,942,642 |
$2,078,987 $1,681,029 $2,236,243 $925,184 $483,226 |
$26,798,589 |
| Recipients | 107 118 113 103 107 102 | 114 113 126 123 103 85 | 78 83 86 76 61 | 272 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $-203,570 $444,762 $349,132 $704,639 $795,297 $1,409,361 |
$2,627,693 $1,385,733 $2,439,864 $1,212,800 $2,500,789 $1,934,414 |
$2,066,239 $1,082,207 $1,953,863 $606,109 $447,209 |
$22,558,832 |
| Recipients | 86 106 112 101 93 100 | 101 100 112 109 97 85 | 78 79 83 69 61 | 228 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $757,567 $528,619 $537,990 $499,863 |
$520,592 $523,648 $468,402 $468,693 $447,209 |
$4,879,099 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 106 91 82 79 | 73 74 65 64 61 | 137 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,220,379 $389,687 $1,220,705 $1,183,473 |
$1,117,634 $558,357 $1,072,946 $131,201 $0 |
$7,123,481 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 98 98 91 79 | 75 72 72 61 0 | 130 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $481,958 $386,140 $433,345 $359,460 $345,590 |
$293,435 $266,605 $-9,329 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,590,380 |
| Recipients | 0 100 105 99 85 89 | 88 90 36 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 141 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $201,017 $349,329 $381,269 |
$338,092 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,295,380 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 95 89 91 | 91 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 114 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $14,668 $8,639 |
$59,023 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$82,330 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 3 3 | 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $-268,985 $-90,654 $-46,296 $-856 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$-406,791 |
| Recipients | 83 29 15 2 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 97 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $71,910 $71,689 $540,842 |
$342,247 $466,972 $28,764 $1,251 $1,380 $9,427 |
$0 $13 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,752,637 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 7 20 36 | 32 17 7 1 1 2 | 0 1 0 0 0 | 57 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $132,895 |
$1,390,720 $566,982 $395,552 $242,031 $731,424 $241,569 |
$427,805 $0 $315,516 $0 $0 |
$4,613,901 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 18 | 29 24 25 12 23 17 | 19 0 12 0 0 | 53 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $1,088 $0 $0 |
$204,006 $0 $20,683 $28,509 $9,291 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$263,577 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2 0 1 1 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $65,218 $58,761 $10,933 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $84,965 $26,230 $22,686 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $80,388 $6,215 $0 |
$355,396 |
| Recipients | 2 2 2 0 0 0 | 0 3 4 2 0 0 | 0 0 1 1 0 | 6 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $196 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$196 |
| Recipients | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $0 $-5,304 $-1,645 $-1,866 $150 $127 |
$169 $209 $18 $17 $0 $82 |
$208 $189 $157 $0 $0 |
$-7,209 |
| Recipients | 0 1 1 2 5 7 | 11 13 3 2 0 1 | 1 4 9 0 0 | 45 | |
| Total Storage Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $16,454 $0 $0 |
$16,454 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 12 0 0 | 12 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $46,513 $47,149 $23,774 $31,062 $43,272 $43,687 |
$33,797 $43,037 $196,580 $95,488 $8,228 $8,228 |
$8,228 $1,443 $105,552 $2,082 $1,443 |
$740,913 |
| Recipients | 14 9 6 4 5 4 | 2 7 18 14 1 1 | 1 1 5 2 1 | 61 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$5,152 $13,380 $13,182 $8,228 $8,228 $8,228 |
$8,228 $1,443 $1,443 $1,443 $1,443 |
$70,398 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 2 2 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 | 2 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $14,000 $20,274 $31,062 $43,272 $43,687 |
$28,645 $29,657 $183,398 $87,260 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $104,109 $639 $0 |
$587,353 |
| Recipients | 0 1 5 4 5 4 | 1 5 16 13 0 0 | 0 0 4 1 0 | 47 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $46,513 $33,149 $3,500 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$83,162 |
| Recipients | 14 8 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 18 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $63,785 $187,807 $0 $0 $141,123 $34 |
$234,341 $70,660 $172,807 $133,854 $1,266,327 $0 |
$4,520 $597,379 $176,828 $316,993 $34,574 |
$3,498,844 |
| Recipients | 14 13 0 0 18 1 | 20 14 12 9 41 0 | 1 24 14 15 4 | 89 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $210,868 $23,420 |
$234,288 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 9 3 | 10 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $-50 $7,633 $0 $0 $54,421 $34 |
$135,753 $70,660 $143,163 $99,990 $1,189,732 $0 |
$4,520 $571,774 $97,806 $43,283 $11,154 |
$2,416,247 |
| Recipients | 3 4 0 0 4 1 | 8 14 10 5 37 0 | 1 19 11 5 1 | 69 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $63,835 $77,994 $0 $0 $86,702 $0 |
$98,588 $0 $29,644 $33,864 $76,595 $0 |
$0 $0 $79,022 $62,842 $0 |
$609,086 |
| Recipients | 11 11 0 0 14 0 | 12 0 3 5 6 0 | 0 0 3 6 0 | 28 | |
| Karnal Bunt Programs | Payments | $0 $102,180 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$148,050 |
| Recipients | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 |
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.
