Agriculture
Farm income support, crop insurance, and agricultural research and inspection.
$49.3B
spent in fiscal year 2025 (net)
0.7 cents
of every federal dollar, the 13th largest purpose
$144
for every person in the country
+143.9%
since fiscal year 2015, before inflation
In 2015 it was $20.2B, or $27.5B in 2025 dollars; after inflation it has changed by +79.6% since then.
Over time
Net outlays for Agriculture in each fiscal year, from the Treasury’s September statements.
The figures
| Fiscal year | Net outlays | In 2025 dollars | Share of all spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $49,337,681,356 | $49.3B | 0.7% |
| 2024 | $34,746,670,948 | $35.7B | 0.5% |
| 2023 | $35,554,318,673 | $37.6B | 0.6% |
| 2022 | $34,887,007,441 | $38.4B | 0.6% |
| 2021 | $49,505,166,665 | $58.8B | 0.7% |
| 2020 | $49,152,682,967 | $61.1B | 0.8% |
| 2019 | $40,157,741,445 | $50.6B | 0.9% |
| 2018 | $23,739,378,610 | $30.4B | 0.6% |
| 2017 | $20,761,652,848 | $27.3B | 0.5% |
| 2016 | $20,174,987,360 | $27.1B | 0.5% |
| 2015 | $20,229,070,874 | $27.5B | 0.5% |
What is inside it
Its subfunctions, by the gross outlays of every agency account classified to each: before collections and transfers are netted, so they add to more than the Treasury’s figure above.
- Agricultural research and services63.0%$45,226,836,356
- Farm income stabilization37.0%$26,512,767,835
- Gross outlays100%$71,739,604,191
Which agencies pay for each subfunction
Agricultural research and services
- Department of Agriculture$45.2B100.0%
Farm income stabilization
Which agencies pay for it
Gross outlays from each agency’s accounts in this function. Open an agency to see everything else it spends on.
The accounts it is paid from
Every federal account in the function, by the amount obligated (committed) in the year, which is what USAspending’s spending explorer reports by function; each account’s gross outlays are beside it where its agency reported them. Each opens on USAspending.gov.
- Processing, Research and Marketing, Office of the Secretary, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $33.5B gross outlays$36.6B49.8%
- Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund, Risk Management Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $21.1B gross outlays$21.1B28.8%
- Salaries and Expenses, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $2.60B gross outlays$2.64B3.6%
- Assistance for Farmers and Ranchers Account, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $1.87B gross outlays$2.27B3.1%
- Salaries and Expenses, Agricultural Research Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.89B gross outlays$1.97B2.7%
- Working Capital Fund, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.64B gross outlays$1.68B2.3%
- Salaries and Expenses, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $1.57B gross outlays$1.58B2.1%
- Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $930M gross outlays$878M1.2%
- Research and Education Activities, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.18B gross outlays$797M1.1%
- Extension Activities, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $710M gross outlays$672M0.9%
- Marketing Services, Agricultural Marketing Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.18B gross outlays$504M0.7%
- Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, Farm Production and Conservation Programs, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $327M gross outlays$330M0.4%
- Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $273M gross outlays$276M0.4%
- Salaries and Expenses, Foreign Agricultural Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $281M gross outlays$270M0.4%
- National Agricultural Statistics Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $218M gross outlays$250M0.3%
- Expenses and Refunds, Inspection and Grading of Farm Products, Agricultural Marketing Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $205M gross outlays$213M0.3%
- Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $237M gross outlays$169M0.2%
- Office of the Inspector General, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $115M gross outlays$117M0.2%
- Expenses, Office of the Chief Information Officer, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $113M gross outlays$106M0.1%
- Economic Research Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $90M gross outlays$88M0.1%
Show the other 53 accounts
- Office of the General Counsel, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $74M gross outlays$85M0.1%
- Farm Credit Insurance Fund, Capital Corporation Investment Fund, Farm Credit AdministrationFarm income stabilization · Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation · $81M gross outlays$82M0.1%
- Payments to States and Possessions, Agricultural Marketing Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $107M gross outlays$77M0.1%
- Administrative and Operating Expenses, Office of Risk Management, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $72M gross outlays$72M0.1%
- Office of the Chief Economist, Executive Operations, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $35M gross outlays$59M0.1%
- Agriculture Buildings and Facilities, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $119M gross outlays$55M0.1%
- Integrated Activities, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $156M gross outlays$50M0.1%
- Buildings and Facilities, Agricultural Research Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $174M gross outlays$46M0.1%
- Inspection and Weighing Services, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $39M gross outlays$41M0.1%
- Office of Civil Rights, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $37M gross outlays$37M0.1%
- Food Supply Chain and Agriculture Pandemic Response Program Account, Office of the Secretary, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $463M gross outlays$29M<0.1%
- Office of Safety, Security, and Protection, Executive Operations, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $26M gross outlays$29M<0.1%
- Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $22M gross outlays$26M<0.1%
- Farm Storage Facility Loans Program Accounts, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $23M gross outlays$23M<0.1%
- Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers, Office of the Secretary, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $4.9M gross outlays$21M<0.1%
- Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $19M gross outlays$19M<0.1%
- Expenses and Refunds, Inspection of Farm Products, Food Safety and Inspection Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $18M gross outlays$18M<0.1%
- Public Law 480 Title I Direct Credit and Food for Progress Program Account, Foreign Agricultural Service, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $18M gross outlays$18M<0.1%
- Miscellaneous Contributed Funds, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $19M gross outlays$18M<0.1%
- Office of Hearings and Appeals Division, Executive Operations, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $16M gross outlays$17M<0.1%
- Miscellaneous Contributed Funds, Agricultural Research Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $16M gross outlays$16M<0.1%
- Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $16M gross outlays$15M<0.1%
- Office of Budget and Program Analysis, Executive Operations, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $14M gross outlays$14M<0.1%
- Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Fund, Agricultural Marketing Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $12M gross outlays$12M<0.1%
- Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account, Foreign Agricultural Service, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $7.0M gross outlays$10M<0.1%
- Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $12M gross outlays$8.1M<0.1%
- Expenses, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $7.9M gross outlays$7.9M<0.1%
- Native American Institutions Endowment Fund, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $12M gross outlays$7.9M<0.1%
- Office of Ethics, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $5.0M gross outlays$5.7M<0.1%
- State Mediation Grants, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $6.5M gross outlays$5.6M<0.1%
- Tobacco Trust Fund, Commodity Credit Corporation, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $5.5M gross outlays$5.5M<0.1%
- Hazardous Materials Management, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $7.0M gross outlays$3.9M<0.1%
- USDA Disaster Assistance, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $3.5M gross outlays$3.5M<0.1%
- Wool Research, Development and Promotion Trust Fund, Agricultural Marketing Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $2.3M gross outlays$2.3M<0.1%
- Payment to Expenses and Refunds, Inspection and Grading of Farm Products, Agricultural Marketing Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $2.3M gross outlays$2.3M<0.1%
- Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, Liquidating Account, Consolidated Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $1.8M gross outlays$1.9M<0.1%
- Inspector General Assets Forfeiture, JusticeAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.5M gross outlays$1.7M<0.1%
- Buildings and Facilities, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $8.0M gross outlays$1.6M<0.1%
- Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.4M gross outlays$1.4M<0.1%
- Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.8M gross outlays$1.3M<0.1%
- Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $394k gross outlays$1.2M<0.1%
- Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.2M gross outlays$1.2M<0.1%
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.2M gross outlays$1.2M<0.1%
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $1.2M gross outlays$1.1M<0.1%
- Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $848k gross outlays$885k<0.1%
- Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $863k gross outlays$864k<0.1%
- Gifts and Bequests, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $784k gross outlays$742k<0.1%
- Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Office of the Secretary, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $745k gross outlays$697k<0.1%
- Dairy Indemnity Program, Farm Service Agency, AgricultureFarm income stabilization · Department of Agriculture · $387k gross outlays$372k<0.1%
- Inspector General Assets Forfeiture, TreasuryAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $82k gross outlays$95k<0.1%
- Concessions Fees and Volunteer Services, Agricultural Research Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $64k gross outlays$58k<0.1%
- Miscellaneous Contributed Funds, National Agricultural Statistics Service, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $52k gross outlays$52k<0.1%
- Expenses, Common Computing Environment, AgricultureAgricultural research and services · Department of Agriculture · $22k gross outlays$22k<0.1%
Net outlays are the Monthly Treasury Statement’s, table 9. The subfunctions and agencies are the gross outlays agencies reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal year 2025; the accounts are its spending explorer’s obligations. In 2025 dollars restates each year with the CPI-U annual average of the calendar year the fiscal year ends in.