USDA subsidies for farms in Brown County, Wisconsin totaled $126,164,000 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 | $493,168 212 |
$126,197 163 |
$1,948,948 656 |
$607,311 1,820 |
$3,175,624 848 |
| 1996 | $429,961 180 |
$-12,355 11 |
$1,901,088 905 |
$687,438 1,624 |
$3,006,132 995 |
| 1997 | $383,980 165 |
$-8,055 3 |
$2,065,335 928 |
$632,083 1,473 |
$3,073,342 1,025 |
| 1998 | $351,547 183 |
$-943 3 |
$3,222,732 873 |
$615,885 1,330 |
$4,189,221 981 |
| 1999 | $353,502 185 |
$1,069,114 153 |
$7,964,066 965 |
$815,420 1,290 |
$10,202,102 1,086 |
| 2000 | $358,178 190 |
$226,482 77 |
$10,506,330 951 |
$791,780 1,312 |
$11,882,770 1,069 |
| 2001 | $332,442 199 |
$377,010 73 |
$5,117,917 852 |
$1,004,450 1,240 |
$6,831,820 976 |
| 2002 | $391,976 203 |
$31,391 9 |
$5,684,433 865 |
$1,007,381 1,245 |
$7,115,181 986 |
| 2003 | $450,151 214 |
$1,458,917 184 |
$6,920,048 852 |
$1,057,731 1,193 |
$9,886,847 975 |
| 2004 | $324,526 190 |
$139,135 29 |
$3,880,095 770 |
$1,254,618 1,174 |
$5,598,374 880 |
| 2005 | $202,650 184 |
$2,800,975 292 |
$6,722,453 754 |
$1,253,887 1,157 |
$10,979,965 878 |
| 2006 | $216,174 177 |
$0 0 |
$6,029,236 775 |
$1,548,813 1,165 |
$7,794,223 894 |
| 2007 | $202,376 185 |
$0 0 |
$2,324,810 736 |
$2,096,912 1,135 |
$4,624,098 865 |
| 2008 | $185,743 174 |
$1,493,033 252 |
$1,808,469 647 |
$2,936,866 1,167 |
$6,424,111 800 |
| 2009 | $817,823 186 |
$0 0 |
$7,851,953 644 |
$2,691,711 1,164 |
$11,361,488 772 |
| 2010 | $173,726 155 |
$872,998 66 |
$2,260,407 637 |
$2,680,931 1,140 |
$5,988,062 757 |
| 2011 | $140,533 138 |
$863,150 54 |
$1,681,524 555 |
$3,565,813 1,150 |
$6,251,020 666 |
| 2012 | $138,277 134 |
$116,840 10 |
$3,964,499 585 |
$3,560,373 1,118 |
$7,779,989 683 |
| Total | $5,946,734 485 |
$9,553,888 561 |
$81,854,342 1,650 |
$28,809,403 22,897 |
$126,164,368 1,856 |
USDA Subsidies to Brown County, Wisconsin by year
| Year | Subsidy Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $3,175,624 | |
| 1996 | $3,006,132 | |
| 1997 | $3,073,342 | |
| 1998 | $4,189,221 | |
| 1999 | $10,202,102 | |
| 2000 | $11,882,770 | |
| 2001 | $6,831,820 | |
| 2002 | $7,115,181 | |
| 2003 | $9,886,847 | |
| 2004 | $5,598,374 | |
| 2005 | $10,979,965 | |
| 2006 | $7,794,223 | |
| 2007 | $4,624,098 | |
| 2008 | $6,424,111 | |
| 2009 | $11,361,488 | |
| 2010 | $5,988,062 | |
| 2011 | $6,251,020 | |
| 2012 | $7,779,989 | |
| 1995-2012 | $126,164,368 | |
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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.
