AZ Cotton Subsities

Top Cotton Subsidy Payment in Arizona, 1995-2004*

from Environmental Working Group Database

Data for 2005

Rank in Nation	Recipient of Subsidies	Location	Payments in $$ 1995-2003
5	Colorado River Indian Tribes Farm	Parker, AZ 85344	$9,818,466
18	Gila River Farms	Sacaton, AZ 85247	$6,611,667
19	P R P Farms	Buckeye, AZ 85326	$6,482,573
25	Tohono O'odham Farming Authority	Eloy, AZ 85231	$6,081,673
31	H Four Farms III	Buckeye, AZ 85326	$5,703,905
48	Tempe Farming Company	Maricopa, AZ 85239	$5,057,658
54	Associated Farming 92	Laveen, AZ 85339	$4,713,605
55	G P A Management Group	Tempe, AZ 85284	$4,632,110
70	Falfa Farms 95	Queen Creek, AZ 85242	$4,255,895
72	Ak-chin Indian Community	Maricopa, AZ 85239	$4,237,140
73	Marathon Farming Co Ptshp	Casa Grande, AZ 85230	$4,231,177
81	Farmco	Buckeye, AZ 85326	$4,081,251
86	Gin Ranch 94	Buckeye, AZ 85326	$3,929,556
89	Carranza Farms	Stanfield, AZ 85272	$3,881,728
91	A Tumbling T Ranches 95	Goodyear, AZ 85338	$3,850,631
94	Burruel & Burruel Farms Ptshp	Marana, AZ 85653	$3,796,333
97	Gingg Farms 92	Tolleson, AZ 85353	$3,744,182
102	Catron Cotton Co	Tonopah, AZ 85354	$3,720,360
108	Gladden Farms II	Buckeye, AZ 85326	$3,688,090
113	Fort Mojave Tribe	Mohave Valley , AZ 86446	$3,623,911
141	Vicksburg Farms An Az Gen Partner	Parker, AZ 85344	$3,364,735
142	Brooks Farms	Goodyear , AZ 85338	$3,363,864

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* USDA data are not "transparent" for many payments made to recipients through most cooperatives.
Recipients of payments made through most cooperatives, and the amounts, have not been made public.
Further, these records were compiled from database last year, so they are not up to date with current figures
on website.

Note from Environmental Working Group: Two of the three states receiving the highest per-acre subsidies-- Florida ($349 per acre) and Arizona ($346 per acre)--are dominated by cotton production alone. In Florida, cotton represents 74 percent of total income from program crops, and in Arizona, 80 percent of total income is derived from cotton. Furthermore, the low total cultivated acreage found in both states indicates that these high payments are being distributed among a relatively small number of farms.