FARMING as FEC employer text: $14.9 million

An activity gerund, not USDA farm-count

FEC forms store FARMING when that is what the filer typed. They do not apply NAICS 111 or 112. The $14,879,078 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the gerund. It is not farm-bill outlays, not commodity-checkoff assessments, and not a Census of Agriculture farm count. Those 1,157 people and 48,394 lines are the FARMING grouping only.

People who typed FARMER, RANCHER, a ranch LLC name, or SELF-EMPLOYED sit in other rows. A grain operator who wrote the farm’s legal name instead of FARMING is not in these 1,157 donors.

1,157 donors and 48,394 lines

1,157 unique donors produced 48,394 FARMING contribution lines totaling $14,879,078. That is on the order of 42 itemized receipts per person — a repeat-heavy pattern. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among crops, livestock, and timber.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Unitemized gifts never appear. Agricultural PACs that do not carry this individual-employer string are outside the $14,879,078.

FARMER and RANCHER are other keys

FARMER and RANCHER are occupation-style rows with their own, often larger, dollar totals. FARMING is the gerund only. Combining the three would mix stored strings and would still miss people who typed a county farm bureau or an LLC. This page stays at $14,879,078 for FARMING.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the gerund. SELF-EMPLOYED and BUSINESS OWNER still capture operators who never wrote FARMING.

Donor table

The FARMING donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a USDA program ID, a water-rights dispute, or a motive to that line. The FEC field is not an FSA customer file.

Repeat names among 48,394 lines from 1,157 people are expected. Retired operators who still type FARMING share the string with current operators. LobbyVault does not certify acreage from the employer box.

FARMING’s 48,394 lines from 1,157 donors totaling $14,879,078 are the gerund only. FARMER and RANCHER remain occupation-style pages. SELF-EMPLOYED and BUSINESS OWNER still hold operators who never wrote FARMING. Unitemized gifts, farm-bill outlays, and agricultural PAC filings that lack this string stay out. The donor table does not certify acreage. Occupation pages show titles beside the gerund. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS agriculture and not USDA operator counts.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $14,879,078, 48,394 contributions, 1,157 donors, top employer FARMING. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Compare FARMER and RANCHER on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles next to FARMING. Follow committees on the donor table for party and office.

Keep FARMING’s $14,879,078, 48,394 contributions, and 1,157 donors on this gerund. FARMER and RANCHER stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside FARMING. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not USDA counts and not NAICS agriculture.

Gerund versus FARMER, RANCHER, and USDA counts

FARMING’s $14,879,078 from 1,157 donors and 48,394 lines is the activity gerund as typed, not NAICS crop or animal production and not a Census of Agriculture farm count. FARMER and RANCHER are occupation-style rows with their own pages. SELF-EMPLOYED and BUSINESS OWNER capture operators who never wrote FARMING. A grain operator who listed an LLC name is in that firm row, not necessarily in the 1,157.

The 48,394 lines imply on the order of 42 itemized receipts per unique donor. Unitemized gifts, state filings, farm-bill outlays, and agricultural PAC documents that lack this individual-employer string are outside the $14,879,078. LobbyVault does not publish a split among crops, livestock, and timber because the packet does not.

The donor table lists disclosed names and committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not an FSA customer ID. Retired operators who still type FARMING remain in the 1,157. Occupation pages show titles beside the gerund. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, $14,879,078, 48,394 contributions, 1,157 donors. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Questions

How much have FARMING-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $14,879,078 to the FARMING employer string, from 48,394 contributions and 1,157 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS agriculture total and not USDA farm-bill spending. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is FARMING the same as FARMER in FEC data?

No. FARMER is a separate grouped string with its own page. A receipt stamped FARMING is counted only in the $14,879,078 here. LobbyVault does not merge the gerund and the job title into one agriculture industry. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include ranchers?

Only if a receipt’s grouped employer text is FARMING. RANCHER is a separate string. People who wrote a ranch name or RANCHER are on those other pages. The 1,157 donors are unique contributors in the FARMING string, not a USDA operator census.

Why are there 48,394 contributions from 1,157 donors?

Each itemized gift is a line. Repeat donations from the same 1,157 people produce the 48,394 receipt count — on the order of 42 lines per donor. Recurring itemized programs raise that ratio. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-farm census.