USDA subsidies for farms in 5th District of Tennessee (Rep. Jim Cooper) totaled $12,538,000 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 | $212,631 83 |
$29,700 5 |
$89,795 138 |
$0 0 |
$332,126 205 |
| 1996 | $162,816 71 |
$5,556 1 |
$180,189 458 |
$0 0 |
$348,561 491 |
| 1997 | $150,852 59 |
$0 0 |
$196,178 447 |
$0 0 |
$347,030 474 |
| 1998 | $113,327 47 |
$0 0 |
$357,225 454 |
$0 0 |
$470,552 475 |
| 1999 | $118,739 43 |
$207,601 131 |
$506,116 472 |
$0 0 |
$832,456 574 |
| 2000 | $103,528 54 |
$406,767 478 |
$909,436 1,179 |
$0 0 |
$1,419,731 1,446 |
| 2001 | $110,659 46 |
$406,197 254 |
$577,933 1,194 |
$0 0 |
$1,094,789 1,352 |
| 2002 | $103,562 37 |
$354,516 463 |
$509,005 1,061 |
$0 0 |
$967,083 1,328 |
| 2003 | $121,413 43 |
$59,783 59 |
$412,346 1,211 |
$0 0 |
$593,543 1,259 |
| 2004 | $123,725 42 |
$1,574 1 |
$239,695 405 |
$0 0 |
$364,994 431 |
| 2005 | $78,666 32 |
$34,095 9 |
$405,545 427 |
$0 0 |
$518,305 449 |
| 2006 | $154,871 46 |
$185 1 |
$281,934 377 |
$0 0 |
$436,990 406 |
| 2007 | $79,819 34 |
$68,503 139 |
$130,748 277 |
$0 0 |
$279,070 397 |
| 2008 | $65,910 31 |
$244,111 260 |
$723,058 455 |
$0 0 |
$1,033,079 652 |
| 2009 | $201,678 50 |
$5,501 2 |
$747,781 415 |
$0 0 |
$954,960 449 |
| 2010 | $224,619 57 |
$0 0 |
$668,446 408 |
$0 0 |
$893,064 450 |
| 2011 | $291,194 66 |
$0 0 |
$650,174 388 |
$0 0 |
$941,368 432 |
| 2012 | $42,486 20 |
$0 0 |
$667,365 374 |
$0 0 |
$709,851 384 |
| Total | $2,460,495 275 |
$1,824,089 865 |
$8,252,969 2,044 |
$0 0 |
$12,537,553 2,524 |
USDA Subsidies to 5th District of Tennessee (Rep. Jim Cooper) by year
| Year | Subsidy Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $332,126 | |
| 1996 | $348,561 | |
| 1997 | $347,030 | |
| 1998 | $470,552 | |
| 1999 | $832,456 | |
| 2000 | $1,419,731 | |
| 2001 | $1,094,789 | |
| 2002 | $967,083 | |
| 2003 | $593,543 | |
| 2004 | $364,994 | |
| 2005 | $518,305 | |
| 2006 | $436,990 | |
| 2007 | $279,070 | |
| 2008 | $1,033,079 | |
| 2009 | $954,960 | |
| 2010 | $893,064 | |
| 2011 | $941,368 | |
| 2012 | $709,851 | |
| 1995-2012 | $12,537,553 | |
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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.
