USDA subsidies for farms in 2nd District of Hawaii (Rep. Tulsi Gabbard) totaled $51,734,000 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 | $405,867 120 |
$541,369 39 |
$0 0 |
$0 0 |
$947,236 151 |
| 1996 | $389,186 113 |
$190,242 24 |
$237 2 |
$0 0 |
$579,665 133 |
| 1997 | $181,501 49 |
$328,673 52 |
$36,511 3 |
$0 0 |
$546,685 100 |
| 1998 | $144,998 21 |
$80,200 14 |
$846 3 |
$0 0 |
$226,044 37 |
| 1999 | $251,115 36 |
$351,093 48 |
$117,128 37 |
$0 0 |
$719,336 117 |
| 2000 | $430,509 44 |
$431,460 52 |
$52,761 8 |
$0 0 |
$914,731 90 |
| 2001 | $1,787,154 133 |
$1,699,526 152 |
$262,677 17 |
$0 0 |
$3,749,358 264 |
| 2002 | $646,555 58 |
$1,105,420 198 |
$113,914 20 |
$0 0 |
$1,865,889 246 |
| 2003 | $394,118 24 |
$540,131 110 |
$253,923 16 |
$0 0 |
$1,188,172 136 |
| 2004 | $410,764 31 |
$1,012,046 126 |
$174,785 21 |
$0 0 |
$1,597,595 160 |
| 2005 | $769,780 44 |
$2,256,271 220 |
$72,834 13 |
$0 0 |
$3,098,885 258 |
| 2006 | $688,773 26 |
$286,324 27 |
$81,615 5 |
$0 0 |
$1,056,711 56 |
| 2007 | $983,640 42 |
$47,352 10 |
$8,582 4 |
$0 0 |
$1,039,574 54 |
| 2008 | $769,110 25 |
$1,372,772 188 |
$3,564 14 |
$0 0 |
$2,145,446 202 |
| 2009 | $3,201,727 148 |
$4,823,986 152 |
$104,233 5 |
$0 0 |
$8,129,946 251 |
| 2010 | $983,656 35 |
$7,790,368 328 |
$260,296 15 |
$0 0 |
$9,034,320 347 |
| 2011 | $1,817,239 55 |
$7,831,427 460 |
$71,582 104 |
$0 0 |
$9,762,544 474 |
| 2012 | $1,283,119 53 |
$3,751,554 401 |
$96,810 5 |
$0 0 |
$5,131,483 427 |
| Total | $15,538,813 682 |
$34,440,215 929 |
$1,712,297 200 |
$0 0 |
$51,733,620 1,387 |
USDA Subsidies to 2nd District of Hawaii (Rep. Tulsi Gabbard) by year
| Year | Subsidy Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $947,236 | |
| 1996 | $579,665 | |
| 1997 | $546,685 | |
| 1998 | $226,044 | |
| 1999 | $719,336 | |
| 2000 | $914,731 | |
| 2001 | $3,749,358 | |
| 2002 | $1,865,889 | |
| 2003 | $1,188,172 | |
| 2004 | $1,597,595 | |
| 2005 | $3,098,885 | |
| 2006 | $1,056,711 | |
| 2007 | $1,039,574 | |
| 2008 | $2,145,446 | |
| 2009 | $8,129,946 | |
| 2010 | $9,034,320 | |
| 2011 | $9,762,544 | |
| 2012 | $5,131,483 | |
| 1995-2012 | $51,733,620 | |
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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.
