FARMER on FEC schedules: $103.9M itemized

An occupation word, not a crop census

Donors type FARMER when that is how they describe work. Some also type a county, a ranch name, or 'self.' Those other strings are other industry keys. The $103.9M total does not measure acres, bushels, or farm-bill lobbying by trade associations.

NAICS 11 (agriculture) is not applied by the FEC to these rows. LobbyVault does not recode FARMER into that code. The ranking is literal text among other literal texts.

8,766 donors and 331,075 lines

8,766 donors produced 331,075 FARMER contribution lines. Receipts far exceed unique donors, a familiar itemized-repeat pattern. The dollar total, $103.9M, is the sum of those lines, not a subsidy figure and not a PAC transfer.

Party share is not published on this industry headline. Commodity PACs, if they appear, are committees — a different FEC category than this individual-label rollup.

RANCHER is a sibling string

RANCHER has its own LobbyVault industry row. Livestock operators who typed RANCHER are not inside $103.9M. Operators who typed FARMER are not inside the rancher total. Dual operations that used both words across years can appear in both tables as separate receipts.

Occupation pages help when employer is a farm name and occupation is FARMER. Those receipts may harvest to the farm-name key instead of this one. FSA farm numbers and Census of Agriculture IDs are not in this row. The $103.9M total is 8,766 donors and 331,075 lines tagged FARMER. A hobby farm and a thousand-acre operation can share the word. Acreage is not on the schedule.

Donor table

The FARMER donor table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public contribution. It is not evidence about a conservation easement, a water right, or a vote. LobbyVault does not infer motive.

Common last names in rural counties collide. Use committee and date to separate people. Checkoff PACs and commodity committees are other FEC objects. Individual FARMER-string receipts can support those committees without being PAC disbursements. Cite $103.9M as the individual-label total only.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $103.9M, 331,075 contributions, 8,766 donors, top employer FARMER. Unitemized and non-federal activity are omitted.

Follow recipient committees from the table for reported destinations. RANCHER is the livestock-leaning spelling. Dual operators appear in both tables across years as separate receipts. Adding FARMER to RANCHER is a recode, not the file.

Acreage, subsidies, and farm-name employers

The $103.9M FARMER total is not USDA program outlays and not a Census of Agriculture farm count. The 8,766 donors and 331,075 contribution lines are itemized federal receipts tagged FARMER. Farm LLC names, co-ops, and RANCHER are other keys. Commodity PACs are committees. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. LobbyVault does not attach bushels or acres to this string.

Dual crop-and-cattle operations may appear under FARMER some years and RANCHER others. Those are separate receipts. Occupation pages show title-versus-employer splits. Open the FARMER donor table for names and committees. FARMER is self-reported FEC text, not NAICS 11, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Co-op and LLC farm names pull operators out of this title row. Occupation pages show FARMER as occupation with a farm-name employer. Search both keys. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 11. Farm-number searches belong at USDA. This page is FARMER as FEC text: $103.9M, 8,766 donors, 331,075 lines. Hobby farms and commercial operations share the word because the schedule has no acreage field. RANCHER's a separate donor count donors are the livestock-leaning spelling; dual operators appear in both tables as separate receipts. Co-op and LLC names pull operators onto employer-name keys. Commodity PACs remain committees. Occupation pages show FARMER as occupation with a farm-name employer; harvest may prefer the farm name. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. Cite $103.9M from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 11 and not a subsidy outlay. FSA maps will not highlight the 8,766 FARMER donors. $103.9M and 331,075 lines are the typed occupation. A five-acre plot and a commercial grain operation share the word. RANCHER is the other agricultural title at the RANCHER total and a separate donor count donors. Co-op names pulled some operators onto entity keys. Commodity PACs remain committees. Occupation pages show farm-name-plus-FARMER mixes. Unitemized gifts stay out. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a Census of Agriculture extract.

Questions

How much have FARMER donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $103.9M to the FARMER FEC string, from 331,075 contributions and 8,766 donors. RANCHER is a separate label. The figure is not a NAICS agriculture total and not a USDA program outlay. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include farm PACs and commodity groups?

This page sums itemized individual receipts grouped under FARMER. Committee PACs are other FEC schedules. A donor who typed a co-op or LLC name is in a different industry row. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is FARMER the same as RANCHER in the data?

No. They are different free-text values. LobbyVault keeps two rows because the FEC file does. Merging them is a research step, not the public layout. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique farmer donors are listed?

The rollup counts 8,766 donors and 331,075 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a Census of Agriculture farm count. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.