Original data research from the PlainFarmData editorial team. Every page is rendered server-side from a live SELECT against the portal database; no numbers are hardcoded.
USDA Economic Research Service data ranking all 50 US states by total federal farm payments. Rendered server-side from a live SELECT against the PlainFarmData states table — every number on the page derives from the current ETL snapshot.
PlainFarmData ranks all 3,000+ US counties by total USDA government payments. Live SSR query — the ranking reflects the most recent USDA NASS Census ingest.
Cross-cut of the PlainFarmData states table comparing federal payment totals against net farm income — a measure of how dependent each state's farm sector is on federal support versus market commodity sales. Rendered live from the states table.