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USDA FUNDING OVERVIEW
(Dollars in Millions)
AGENCY OR PROGRAM 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% share
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Estimate
of 2006
footnote
FOOD, NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Food Stamp Programs $21,952 $24,611 $25,601 $32,851 $34,811
26.18%
Child Nutrition Programs $10,735 $11,307 $11,821 $12,503 $13,206
9.93%
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) $4,459 $4,766 $4,971 $5,192 $5,399
4.06%
All other $611 $438 $466 $490 $446
0.34%
TOTAL FOOD, NUTRITION & CONSUMER $37,757 $41,122 $42,859 $51,036 $53,862
40.51%
1 & 2
FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
Farm Price Support Loans and Grants (net) $3,657 $4,023 $3,655 $3,135 $3,853
2.90%
Conservation and Other Programs $2,071 $1,944 $1,972 $2,012 $2,213
1.66%
2
Commodity Program - Direct or PFC Payments $3,968 $3,857 $5,363 $5,235 $4,800
3.61%
2
Commodity - Counter Cyclical Payments (CCP) $0 $1,743 $812 $2,772 $4,291
3.22%
2
Commodity Program - Market Loss Assistance -$1 $1,962 $1 $0 $0
0.00%
2
Commodity Program - Loan Deficiency $5,345 $693 $272 $3,856 $4,839
3.63%
2
Commodity Program - Disaster Payments & NAP $677 $2,355 $1,433 $2,469 $728
0.55%
2 & 6
Commodity Program - ALL Other Areas (net) $2,954 $2,353 $4,800 $5,267 $4,047
3.04%
2
Commodity Program - Funded but NOT used for payments to farmers $9,065 $8,050 $9,045 $10,500 10,701
8.05%
1, 3 & 4
Salaries and Expenses $1,213 $1,318 $1,311 $1,295 $1,325
1.00%
TOTAL FARM SERVICE AGENCY $28,949 $28,298 $28,664 $36,541 $36,797
27.68%
Risk Management Agency 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% of 2006
Administrative and Operating Expenses $74 $71 $78 $70 $76
0.06%
Crop Insurance Fund $3,085 $3,792 $2,938 $2,944 $3,972
2.99%
Total Risk Management Agency $3,159 $3,863 $3,016 $3,014 $4,048
3.05%
Foreign Agricultural Service  
Export Credit Guarantees $3,388 $4,225 $4,155 $2,625 $1,107
0.83%
Market Development Programs $138 $148 $163 $188 $248
0.19%
Export Subsidy Programs $55 $64 $85 $0 $30
0.02%
P.L. 480  $1,095 $1,480 $1,345 $2,335 $1,669
1.26%
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust $175 $0 $0 $0 $0
0.00%
Ocean Freight and Overseas Distribution $363 $28 $12 $21 $90
0.07%
Food for Progress Program $126 $158 $151 $0 $0
0.00%
International Food for Education Program $0 $100 $50 $0 $0
0.00%
Salaries and Expenses $198 $207 $217 $206 $217
0.16%
Total Foreign Agricultural Service $5,538 $6,410 $6,178 $5,375 $5,361
4.03%
TOTAL FARM & FOREIGN AG SERVICES $37,646 $38,571 $37,858 $44,930 $46,206
34.75%
1
               
LESS: Funded not spent on farmers $9,065 $8,050 $9,045 $10,500 $10,701 8.05%  
               
ACTUAL FARM & AG SPENDING
$28,581
$30,521
$28,813
$34,430
$35,505
26.70%
  
RURAL DEVELOPMENT: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% of 2006
Rural Utilities - Loans and Grants $6,330 $4,753 $4,888 $6,617 $8,278
6.23%
Rural Housing - Loans and Grants $5,180 $4,307 $5,671 $6,163 $7,908
5.95%
Rural Business - Loans and Grants $984 $848 $722 $861 $1,257
0.95%
Salaries and Expenses $612 $630 $680 $637 $659
0.50%
Farm Bill Authorities $666 $2,863 $0 $0 $0
0.00%
TOTAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT $13,772 $13,401 $11,961 $14,278 $18,102
13.62%
FOOD SAFETY:
Food Safety and Inspection Service $805 $858 $899 $928 $952
0.72%
Homeland Security Supplemental $3 $12 $0 $0 $0
0.00%
TOTAL FOOD SAFETY $808 $870 $899 $928 $952
0.72%
NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
Conservation Operations $665 $704 $704 $831 $831
0.63%
Farm Bill Technical Assistance-Other $223 $333 $432 $0 $2
0.00%
Watershed Operations $221 $110 $55 $464 $411
0.31%
Other Conservation Programs $55 $49 $50 $51 $51
0.04%
Farm Security and Rural Investment Programs $668 $1,074 $1,417 $1,820 $1,850
1.39%
TOTAL NATURAL RESOURCES $1,832 $2,270 $2,658 $3,166 $3,145
2.37%
FOREST SERVICE: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% of 2006
National Forest System $1,249 $1,366 $1,370 $1,393 $1,423
1.07%
Forest and Rangeland Research $253 $243 $252 $276 $279
0.21%
State and Private Forestry $284 $277 $316 $352 $309
0.23%
Wildlife Fire Management $1,637 $1,369 $1,542 $2,128 $1,753
1.32%
Capital Improvement and Maintenance $447 $552 $524 $600 $442
0.33%
Land Acquisition $251 $131 $44 $62 $43
0.03%
All Other $14 $11 $10 $9 $8
0.01%
Mandatory Spending $1,131 $996 $883 $716 $936
0.70%
TOTAL FOREST SERVICE $5,266 $4,945 $4,940 $5,538 $5,194
3.91%
TOTAL NATURAL RESOURSES & ENVIR. $7,098 $7,215 $7,598 $8,704 $8,339
6.27%
MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% of 2006
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Salaries and Expenses $587 $793 $803 $939 $1.016
0.76%
Emergency Funding $191 $172 $0 $169 $0
0.00%
Other APHIS Programs $21 $24 $19 $20 $19
0.01%
Homeland Security Supplemental $40 $64 $0 $0 $0
0.00%
Total Animal &  Plant Health Inspection $839 $1,053 $822 $1,128 $1,035
0.78%
Agricultural Marketing Service $262 $296 $297 $79 $78
0.06%
Section 32 Funds $387 $1,129 $422 $471 $998
0.75%
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards $67 $82 $84 $74 $75
0.06%
Total Marketing and Regulatory Programs $1,555 $2,560 $1,625 $1,752 $2,191
1.65%
RESEARCH, EDUCATION & ECONOMICS: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% of 2006
Agricultural Research Service
Ongoing Approp. for Research and Information $990 $978 $1,010 $1,309 $1,288
0.97%
Ongoing Approp. For Buildings and Facilities $51 $15 $24 $0 $0
0.00%
Homeland Security Supplemental $9 $73 $0 $0 $0
0.00%
Total Agricultural Research Service $1,050 $1,066 $1,034 $1,309 $1,288
0.97%
Cooperative State Research and Education $1,072 $1,032 $1,019 $1,184 $1,207
0.91%
and Extension Service          
Economic Research Service $67 $73 $77 $74 $75
0.06%
National Agricultural Statistics Service $114 $141 $136 $128 $139
0.10%
TOTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION $2,303 $2,312 $2,266 $2,695 $2,709
2.04%
OTHER ACTIVITIES: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% of 2006
Departmental Activities $134 $174 $181 $137 $152
0.11%
Centralized Activities $188 $231 $223 $321 $343
0.26%
Homeland Security Funding $80 $27 $0 $0 $0
0.00%
Common Computing Environment $63 $133 $178 $0 $0
0.00%
Office of the Inspector General $71 $78 $82 $77 $79
0.06%
Loan Repayments $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
0.00%
Office of Civil Rights $0 $0 $0 $20 $20
0.02%
TOTAL OTHER ACTIVITIES $536 $643 $664 $555 $594
0.45%
USDA TOTAL FUNDING  $101,475 $106,694 $105,730 $124,877 $132,954
100.00%
COMMENTS OR FOOTNOTES:
 
1 Note that nearly 40.51% of the budget is to non-farm or mainly urban area assistance. This is higher than the FSA total expenses of 34.75%
  which was actually just 26.7% of the total 2006 estimated spending due to the 8.05% budgeted but not spent on farm payments in 2006.
  This was due to higher grain prices reducing LDP and CCP payments.
2 The amounts shown were taken from the CCC Net Outlays by Commodity and Function report obtained from the Farm
Service Agency (FSA) budget division website at: http://www.usda.gov/agency/obpa/Budget-Summary/2007/FY07budsum.pdf
3 This amount is not shown in the CCC net outlays as being spent and is a balancing figure to match the Funding Overview.
Some of the dollar figures in this Funding Overview were obtained from the United States Department of Agriculture data found at
http://www.usda.gov/agency/obpa/Budget-Summary/2004/master2004.pdf and at http://www.usda.gov/agency/obpa/Budget-Summary/2006/03.FundingOverview.htm
 
4 NOTE:  The total funded but NOT used for Agriculture Commodity programs in 2002 to 2006 was $47.361  billion.
 
5  NOTE: The total spent on farm payments fell from 37.1% of the total spending in 2002 to 26.7% in 2006 while spending on Food and Nutrition programs went from 37.2% of the total spending in 2002 to 40.51% of the total spending in 2006.
   
 
6 NOTE: The EWG is touting disaster assistance as unnecessary spending, yet disaster payments to farmers in 2002 to 2006 were just .013% of the total farm spending. The total spent of $7.662 billion was less than spending on the Katrina hurricane disaster!