USDA subsidies for farms in Hancock County, Mississippi totaled $5,424,000 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 | $156,630 42 |
$29,142 4 |
$15,040 12 |
$9,948 18 |
$210,760 55 |
| 1996 | $145,976 45 |
$13,292 9 |
$56,392 40 |
$0 5 |
$215,659 80 |
| 1997 | $147,292 35 |
$0 0 |
$42,563 36 |
$0 5 |
$190,143 62 |
| 1998 | $102,671 25 |
$0 0 |
$39,328 30 |
$0 1 |
$141,999 47 |
| 1999 | $94,499 31 |
$114,676 62 |
$76,152 39 |
$89 2 |
$285,416 96 |
| 2000 | $55,379 22 |
$32,685 48 |
$101,580 40 |
$101 2 |
$189,744 86 |
| 2001 | $96,380 30 |
$195,681 58 |
$54,100 34 |
$109 1 |
$346,270 93 |
| 2002 | $60,342 14 |
$0 0 |
$60,687 37 |
$73 2 |
$121,102 46 |
| 2003 | $47,968 9 |
$72,849 59 |
$62,428 30 |
$0 2 |
$183,245 81 |
| 2004 | $71,271 16 |
$0 0 |
$45,161 27 |
$0 2 |
$116,432 39 |
| 2005 | $82,689 11 |
$0 0 |
$47,645 37 |
$0 2 |
$130,334 46 |
| 2006 | $1,592,814 155 |
$40,257 42 |
$88,290 37 |
$0 0 |
$1,721,361 167 |
| 2007 | $504,535 53 |
$71,527 3 |
$58,553 16 |
$0 0 |
$634,615 65 |
| 2008 | $32,182 4 |
$13,062 14 |
$32,326 11 |
$0 1 |
$77,570 27 |
| 2009 | $168,884 35 |
$0 0 |
$39,803 10 |
$0 4 |
$208,688 43 |
| 2010 | $39,721 9 |
$0 0 |
$16,966 8 |
$0 1 |
$56,949 17 |
| 2011 | $20,870 4 |
$60,788 25 |
$269,690 35 |
$0 0 |
$351,348 62 |
| 2012 | $8,087 3 |
$155,968 28 |
$78,471 13 |
$0 0 |
$242,526 41 |
| Total | $3,428,190 275 |
$800,477 148 |
$1,185,175 118 |
$10,320 48 |
$5,424,162 382 |
USDA Subsidies to Hancock County, Mississippi by year
| Year | Subsidy Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $210,760 | |
| 1996 | $215,659 | |
| 1997 | $190,143 | |
| 1998 | $141,999 | |
| 1999 | $285,416 | |
| 2000 | $189,744 | |
| 2001 | $346,270 | |
| 2002 | $121,102 | |
| 2003 | $183,245 | |
| 2004 | $116,432 | |
| 2005 | $130,334 | |
| 2006 | $1,721,361 | |
| 2007 | $634,615 | |
| 2008 | $77,570 | |
| 2009 | $208,688 | |
| 2010 | $56,949 | |
| 2011 | $351,348 | |
| 2012 | $242,526 | |
| 1995-2012 | $5,424,162 | |
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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.
