USDA subsidies for farms in Bacon County, Georgia totaled $49,072,000 from 1995 through 2012.
| Year | Conservation Subsidies | Disaster Subsidies | Commodity Subsidies | Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies | Total USDA Subsidies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payments / Recipients |
Payments / Recipients |
Payments / Recipients |
Subsidies / Policies |
Payments / Recipients |
|
| 1995 | $198,431 141 |
$55,330 20 |
$72,267 92 |
$151,356 376 |
$477,384 218 |
| 1996 | $205,747 142 |
$0 0 |
$446,258 255 |
$169,461 288 |
$821,466 352 |
| 1997 | $149,232 114 |
$47,388 24 |
$487,186 259 |
$193,056 256 |
$876,863 355 |
| 1998 | $91,025 60 |
$15,673 5 |
$1,191,835 279 |
$218,295 258 |
$1,516,828 320 |
| 1999 | $68,178 42 |
$1,054,675 149 |
$1,281,649 292 |
$449,136 308 |
$2,853,638 351 |
| 2000 | $83,274 38 |
$1,438,278 155 |
$2,105,839 460 |
$485,575 381 |
$4,112,966 498 |
| 2001 | $75,563 40 |
$1,216,907 129 |
$1,734,627 459 |
$589,812 384 |
$3,616,909 484 |
| 2002 | $57,622 33 |
$167,804 83 |
$949,669 314 |
$480,980 357 |
$1,656,075 354 |
| 2003 | $56,183 29 |
$690,178 83 |
$2,776,716 473 |
$588,120 401 |
$4,111,197 488 |
| 2004 | $46,341 33 |
$-21,637 4 |
$1,301,104 284 |
$628,388 459 |
$1,954,196 298 |
| 2005 | $16,106 23 |
$1,031,913 95 |
$2,426,939 276 |
$532,449 492 |
$4,007,407 303 |
| 2006 | $14,302 20 |
$44,553 4 |
$2,320,410 276 |
$664,316 529 |
$3,043,581 287 |
| 2007 | $16,803 16 |
$15,750 3 |
$1,822,237 269 |
$781,677 533 |
$2,636,467 278 |
| 2008 | $27,533 15 |
$1,687,190 111 |
$1,858,364 292 |
$1,029,314 542 |
$4,602,401 325 |
| 2009 | $52,557 19 |
$0 0 |
$2,739,485 280 |
$956,297 561 |
$3,748,339 291 |
| 2010 | $21,126 11 |
$182,446 37 |
$1,370,976 277 |
$1,228,023 562 |
$2,802,571 284 |
| 2011 | $9,441 7 |
$40,843 35 |
$1,112,594 259 |
$1,980,402 598 |
$3,143,280 266 |
| 2012 | $8,985 6 |
$210,715 15 |
$1,167,119 246 |
$1,703,426 623 |
$3,090,245 252 |
| Total | $1,198,449 217 |
$7,878,006 333 |
$27,165,275 776 |
$12,830,083 7,908 |
$49,071,813 901 |
USDA Subsidies to Bacon County, Georgia by year
| Year | Subsidy Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $477,384 | |
| 1996 | $821,466 | |
| 1997 | $876,863 | |
| 1998 | $1,516,828 | |
| 1999 | $2,853,638 | |
| 2000 | $4,112,966 | |
| 2001 | $3,616,909 | |
| 2002 | $1,656,075 | |
| 2003 | $4,111,197 | |
| 2004 | $1,954,196 | |
| 2005 | $4,007,407 | |
| 2006 | $3,043,581 | |
| 2007 | $2,636,467 | |
| 2008 | $4,602,401 | |
| 2009 | $3,748,339 | |
| 2010 | $2,802,571 | |
| 2011 | $3,143,280 | |
| 2012 | $3,090,245 | |
| 1995-2012 | $49,071,813 | |
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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.
