Department of Agriculture

High award volume under a $626 billion book

The precise total is $625,785,728,148.66 across 4,788,404 awards. The implied mean is about $131,000 per award, far below agencies whose books are dominated by a few giant contracts. Nutrition assistance, conservation, rural development, and commodity programs can each generate many rows. This packet does not split the 4,788,404 count by program, so the mean is a blended figure, not a typical farm payment.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year. New crop-year actions posted after this extract will move both the dollar total and the award count. USAspending.gov is the source.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. 4,788,404 records against $625,785,728,148.66 describe high-volume assistance, not a few giant primes. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as crop-year and disaster actions continue to post inside FY 2026.

CGAC 012 and the USDA hub

SpendingVault keys USDA to /agencies/012/. CGAC 012 is the awarding-agency identifier, not a farm-bill title number. Sub-agencies may appear on individual records while still rolling into $625,785,728,148.66. The 4,788,404 figure counts award records, not farms, acres, or households.

Questions

How much has USDA obligated on USAspending through FY 2026?

The Department of Agriculture total in this extract is $625,785,728,148.66 across 4,788,404 awards tagged to CGAC 012. That sum is an obligation figure from USAspending.gov, not a Commodity Credit Corporation outlay series and not a count of farms.

Why does Agriculture show millions of awards?

The 4,788,404 count is the number of award records under awarding-agency 012, including grants, loans, and other actions present in the file. High transaction volume is consistent with dispersed assistance. Dollar volume on those rows is $625,785,728,148.66 through FY 2026.

What is CGAC 012?

CGAC 012 is the USAspending awarding-agency code for the Department of Agriculture. SpendingVault’s USDA hub uses that code. The $625,785,728,148.66 obligation total and 4,788,404 award count roll up rows carrying 012 through fiscal year 2026.

Can I see USDA federal spending by state?

Yes. The state table from the CGAC 012 agency page uses place-of-performance fields on the same obligation extract. Geography rows still roll toward $625,785,728,148.66 and 4,788,404 awards through FY 2026.