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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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