11,250,408

Additional Analyses

Farm Businesses by Number of Pass-Through Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries Receiving Pass-Through Subsidies From Multiple Farm Businesses

Crop Subsidies by Congressional District

Farm subsidies to the Districts Represented by the House Agriculture Committee

Concentration of Crop Subsidies

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South Dakota

• $1.06 billion in commodity program payments for program years 2003-2005.

• Nationally, USDA attributes 66% of crop subsidy benefits to 10% of the beneficiaries of those programs.

• Commodity Program Analysis for South Dakota

• Top Programs in South Dakota

• Direct Payments in South Dakota

• Commodity Programs in South Dakota

• USDA Census of Agriculture Summary

• The average adjusted gross income in South Dakota was $41,242 in 2004. There were 401 beneficiaries in South Dakota that received more than the statewide AGI from USDA programs in 2003; 2,927 in 2004; and 3,285 in 2005.

• There were 33,239 children under age 18 in South Dakota below the poverty level in 2004 according to the Census Bureau.

Crop Subsidies Paid to Farm Businesses:
Top Farm Businesses, PY 2003-2005
Top Farm Businesses, PY 2005
Top Farm Businesses, PY 2004
Top Farm Businesses, PY 2003

Beneficiaries of Crop Subsidy Programs:
Top Beneficiaries in PY 2003-2005
Top Beneficiaries in PY 2005
Top Beneficiaries in PY 2004
Top Beneficiaries in PY 2003

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