Farm Bill 2007 Database


 

Publication Date: June 2007

Publisher: Environmental Working Group

Author(s): Ken Cook

Research Area: Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Keywords: farm subsidies

Type: Report

Abstract:

The lists of top subsidy beneficiaries have changed dramatically. Just about every ranking of subsidy payments has changed in this new database because, for the first time, USDA has tracked subsidy benefits as they pass through tens of thousands of farm business entities—agribusiness cooperatives, partnerships, joint ventures and corporations—and has assigned virtually all farm subsidy 'benefits' to individuals. The Farm Bill 2007 Policy Analysis Database bases all of its rankings and analyses on this new benefits tracking data.