FARMER occupation giving in FEC itemizations

A wide rural title with mid-size means

14,343 donor records make FARMER a broader pool than several finance titles with similar dollars. $66,637,048 across that pool averages about $4,646 per donor record. Across 189,146 itemizations the mean is about $352 per contribution. About 13 contributions per donor is the repeat rate.

Rancher, grower, and agribusiness owner are other strings if donors used those words. This page is FARMER only: $66,637,048, 189,146 contributions, 14,343 donors.

The occupation box does not encode acreage, crop, livestock, or whether the operation is a hobby farm or a commercial enterprise.

Self-reporting, not a program enrollment file

The FEC does not match occupation to FSA or crop-insurance records. Retired farmers, farm spouses who typed FARMER, and landlord-operators may all appear. Best-efforts collection records the donor’s word.

A farm operator who wrote OWNER or BUSINESS OWNER instead will appear on those pages. Occupation is per itemization, so mixed titles split dollars across keys.

Occupation versus agriculture industry views

Industry pages group employer categories. Farm-related employers and the FARMER occupation string will overlap some rows and miss others. Adding the two totals double-counts. Use one filter at a time.

Committee types such as agricultural trade PACs are a different FEC category. This overlay is contributor occupation only. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $66.6 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Using the hub

Cite $66,637,048, 189,146 contributions, and 14,343 donors. Open the FARMER occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to compare neighboring titles without merging them into a farm-bloc figure the column cannot support.

Do not assign party from the occupation word. Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are omitted. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $66.6 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Limits

Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live filters may change displayed sums. 14,343 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-operator estimate after name matching. These three numbers do not measure farm-bill advocacy.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep FARMER on its own line with its own dollar, contribution, and donor facts. The occupations index is the inventory of neighboring strings. Industry pages remain an employer-side cut and should not be added to this occupation total. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so $66.6 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $66.6 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

FARMER is occupation text, not a USDA operator file

FARMER is $66.6 million on 189,146 itemizations from 14,343 donor records. Mean amounts are about $352 per itemization and about $4,646 per donor record, with about 13 itemizations per donor. Rancher and grower are other strings. Acreage, crop, and livestock are not in the box. OWNER and BUSINESS OWNER are excluded even when the underlying work is a farm.

Agriculture-industry pages and farm-trade PACs are different FEC cuts. Occupation FARMER filters contributor job text on itemized individual receipts. 14,343 is not a farm-operator census. Adding industry dollars to $66,637,048 double-counts overlapping rows. Keep the three facts together and keep party out of the occupation column. FARMER belongs in occupation tables, not in USDA tables, unless a researcher has done a separate match. Fourteen thousand three hundred forty-three donor records and 189,146 itemizations produced $66.6 million. Rancher is another word. Farm PACs are another form. OWNER can hide farm operators who never typed FARMER. Keep the filter honest and keep the three facts together.

Questions

How much have FARMER donors given in FEC records?

Occupation FARMER is attached to $66,637,048 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 189,146 contributions and 14,343 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a USDA operator census. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Does FARMER include ranchers?

Only if they typed FARMER. Donors who wrote rancher are in another string unless that text normalized to FARMER. This page’s $66,637,048 is the FARMER match only. The matching contribution count is 189,146 and the matching donor-record count is 14,343. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.

Is this agriculture PAC spending?

No. These facts are contributor occupation totals on itemized receipts. PAC and party committee spending are other FEC categories and are not in this packet. The matching contribution count is 189,146 and the matching donor-record count is 14,343. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.

What is the average FARMER contribution?

$66,637,048 divided by 189,146 itemizations is about $352 per contribution. Divided by 14,343 donors, the mean is about $4,646 per donor record. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.