AgricultureFederal spending file
Agriculture
Farm subsidies and crop insurance; much of it flows to large farm businesses, not family farms.
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What the money shows
The government spent $73.4B on Agriculture in 2025, which is 0.7% of all spending that year. Agriculture outlays are up 317.8% from 2017. OMB history lists Agriculture at 3.3% of federal outlays in 1962 and 0.7% in 2025. Department of Agriculture, the largest agency in this category, handles 99.9% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Agriculture.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
$73B
Latest outlay
$0.72
Of each $100
+318%
Since FY2017
Agriculture
Mapped sector
Agencies spending it
Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.
Department of Agriculture$73B
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation$82M
Lobbying in this sector
Up to five leading agriculture clients in the lobby register.
Share since 1962
OMB history plus live rows once ingested.
Bills moving money here
A sector-filtered doorway into the bills register.
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