Table 5. Federal Government Payments and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
California 
Alameda 
Alpine 
Amador 
Butte 
Calaveras 
Colusa 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
....farms, 2012 
7,593 
16 
_ 
13 
281 
4 
379 
2007 
7,444 
30 
- 
11 
292 
15 
446 
$1,000, 2012 
146,919 
49 
- 
37 
9,386 
8 
13,629 
2007 
240,242 
365 
- 
91 
14,780 
49 
21,222 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
19,349 
3,034 
- 
2,862 
33,403 
1,930 
35,961 
2007 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
32,273 
12,170 
8,287 
50,617 
3,268 
47,584 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
....farms, 2012 
470 
6 
- 
1 
5 
1 
27 
2007 
668 
6 
- 
- 
14 
- 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
3,615 
8 
- 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
110 
2007 
7,528 
44 
- 
144 
121 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
7,692 
1,352 
- 
(D) 
1,608 
(D) 
4,072 
2007 
11,270 
7,287 
- 
10,267 
3,470 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
....farms, 2012 
7,310 
12 
_ 
12 
276 
4 
358 
2007 
7,084 
27 
- 
11 
282 
15 
432 
$1,000, 2012 
143,304 
40 
- 
(D) 
9,378 
(D) 
13,519 
2007 
232,714 
321 
- 
91 
14,636 
49 
21,101 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
19,604 
3,369 
- 
(D) 
33,979 
(D) 
37,763 
2007 
32,851 
11,902 
- 
8,287 
51,902 
3,268 
48,845 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
....farms, 2012 
521 
_ 
_ 
_ 
55 
_ 
95 
2007 
1,098 
2 
- 
1 
100 
1 
153 
$1,000, 2012 
122,036 
- 
- 
- 
14,500 
- 
16,786 
2007 
181,426 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
16,392 
(D) 
27,323 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
....farms, 2012 
228 
- 
27 
47 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
47,734 
- 
- 
- 
7,043 
- 
6,572 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Contra Costa 
Del Norte 
El Dorado 
Fresno 
Glenn 
Humboldt 
Imperial 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
....farms, 2012 
34 
15 
41 
510 
465 
82 
124 
2007 
19 
6 
23 
557 
416 
81 
132 
$1,000, 2012 
232 
96 
237 
10,149 
13,136 
1,242 
2,788 
2007 
192 
(D) 
149 
24,737 
15,457 
515 
4,885 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
6,811 
6,399 
5,786 
19,901 
28,249 
15,150 
22,485 
2007 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
10,079 
(D) 
6,464 
44,412 
37,156 
6,355 
37,006 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
....farms, 2012 
7 
1 
- 
- 
9 
6 
- 
2007 
1 
- 
3 
11 
7 
6 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
24 
(D) 
- 
- 
55 
4 
- 
2007 
(D) 
9 
19 
97 
20 
128 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
3,434 
(D) 
- 
- 
6,166 
731 
- 
2007 
(D) 
3,100 
1,767 
13,806 
3,307 
21,250 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
....farms, 2012 
27 
14 
41 
510 
458 
77 
124 
2007 
18 
6 
23 
554 
413 
77 
127 
$1,000, 2012 
208 
(D) 
237 
10,149 
13,080 
1,238 
2,788 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
139 
24,718 
15,360 
495 
4,757 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
7,687 
(D) 
5,786 
19,901 
28,560 
16,076 
22,485 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
6,060 
44,617 
37,191 
6,427 
37,459 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
....farms, 2012 
_ 
_ 
_ 
44 
55 
_ 
3 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
148 
85 
- 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
14,918 
11,645 
- 
(D) 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
30,691 
15,729 
- 
844 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
....farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
22 
22 
- 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
5,870 
3,697 
- 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
282 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
