Ken Cook is president of Environmental Working Group, a public interest research and advocacy organization known for its Farm Subsidy Database. The author of dozens of articles, opinion pieces and reports on agricultural, public health and environmental topics, "[Cook's] fingerprints can be found on nearly two decades of U.S. farm law" (Omaha World Herald). Read more about the authors.
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Commodity Crop Payment Distribution
Farm Businesses by Number of Pass-Through Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries Receiving Pass-Through Subsidies From Multiple Farm Businesses
Crop Subsidies by Congressional District
Concentration of Crop Subsidies
Data Used in This Website (USDA backgrounders)
EWG's Farm Subsidy Database
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Under its Total Aggregate Measurement of Support (Total AMS) commitment, the U.S. is allowed to provide support of up to $US19.1 billion annually in agricultural trade-distorting subsidies. Canada’s position is that the U.S. has exceeded its Total AMS commitment in each of 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.
The press release and a backgrounder from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada are here.
