FARMING

A gerund title under $4.8M

$4,787,651 is the occupation-level dollar total. 13,400 is the itemization count. 1,037 is the donor-record count. Dividing dollars by lines yields about $357 per contribution. Dividing by donors yields about $4,617 per donor record. The repeat rate is about 13 itemizations per donor record.

1,037 donor records is a mid-size pool. Thirteen itemizations per donor record is moderate repeat. The per-line mean of about $357 sits above typical support-staff keys in this harvest band. Those means are arithmetic, not medians.

The packet has no gift-size distribution, no crop-versus-livestock flag, and no party split. FARMING as occupation is not the same unit as an agriculture industry page.

Farming is not farmer and not rancher

FARMER, RANCHER, and AGRICULTURE — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to FARMING. This page cites only $4,787,651, 13,400 contributions, and 1,037 donors.

FEC Form 3 and Form 3X collect occupation as free text on itemized Schedule A. FEC.gov publishes what committees reported. There is no USDA producer check. LobbyVault groups rows whose occupation field equals FARMING after indexing.

Questions

How much have farming donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list FARMING as occupation sum to $4,787,651, or $4.8M, across 13,400 contributions and 1,037 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. FARMING is a gerund occupation string, not an industry total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Are farmers included in FARMING?

Only if they typed FARMING. FARMER is a separate occupation string unless the bulk extract normalized it here. This page covers FARMING: $4,787,651, 13,400 contributions, and 1,037 donors. Occupation is donor-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data.

Is this the same as agriculture industry money?

No. Industry pages group employers. This page covers occupation equals FARMING: $4,787,651, 13,400 contributions, and 1,037 donors. Adding those two filters would double-count overlapping itemizations. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Where do I review individual farming occupation gifts?

The FARMING occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. The occupation total is $4,787,651. Confirm surprising amounts on the committee report at FEC.gov. Occupation matching is exact-string only. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. Industry pages group employers, not this occupation string.