Federal agency

Department of Agriculture

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

Federal agency · top-tier · the money flowing out to recipients.

$173.4B
Obligated
FY2026 · data still posting
366
Recipients
1,839,896
Awards
22
Sub-agencies

In FY2026, the Department of Agriculture obligated $173.4B in federal awards to 366 recipients across 1,839,896 awards. Its largest recipient was Department of Social Services California, with 8% of the total. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Where this money goes

Source
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR
TOP RECIPIENTS
Department of Agriculture
$173.4B
FY2026 obligated
Department of
$14.5B
New York
$7.7B
Health &
$7.5B
Florida Department
$5.2B
PA Department
$4.3B
361 other recipients
$134.1B
band width = obligations · FY2026 · source: USASpending.gov

Recipient breakdown available for 79% of obligations shown

Top recipients

Department of Social Services California$14.5B
New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance$7.7B
Health & Human SVC Commn TX$7.5B
Florida Department of Children and Families$5.2B
PA Department of Human Services$4.3B
Illinois Department of Human Service$4.3B
Texas Department of Agriculture$3.6B
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services$3.4B
North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services$3.3B
Department of Human Services$3.2B

How it spends

awards by typeComputed
1,614,636direct payments
102,179other
48,176loans
34,984contracts
29,682grants
10,239contract vehicles

What it funds

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$84.5B
National School Lunch Program$28B
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $8.3B
Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$7.3B
State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$6.1B
Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$4B
Nutrition Assistance For Puerto Rico$3B
Environmental Quality Incentives Program$2B

Sub-agencies

Food and Nutrition Service$133.6B
Farm Service Agency$14.1B
Forest Service$6.8B
Natural Resources Conservation Service$4.1B
Agricultural Marketing Service$3.7B
Rural Housing Service$2.2B
National Institute of Food and Agriculture$1.9B
Rural Utilities Service$1.8B
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$1.6B
Agricultural Research Service$866.6M
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$796.1M
Foreign Agricultural Service$762M
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Agriculture$240M
Risk Management Agency$230.2M
Commodity Credit Corporation$172.9M
Rural Business Cooperative Service$168.9M
Food Safety and Inspection Service$139M
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$66.1M
Office of the Inspector General$14.6M
National Agricultural Statistics Service$12.3M

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01

Obligations by year

Computed
$168.1B
FY20
$224.8B
FY21
$234.8B
FY22
$206.7B
FY23
$173.2B
FY24
$186.9B
FY25
$173.4B
FY26 partial
▲ 11%
FY20 to FY25

Awards

Source

Largest FY2026 awards

Awards this agency made that started in FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

AwardIDRecipientObligatedStartEndPlace
CNP CN Block Prog266TX332N1199Texas Department of Agriculture$2.6B2025-10-012026-09-30Texas
CNP CN Block Prog267CACA3N1199Department of Education California$1.7B2025-10-012026-09-30California
CNP CN Block Prog264NY305N1199New York State Education Department$1.5B2025-10-012026-09-30New York
Snap State Administrative Costs267CACA4S2514Department of Social Services California$1.2B2025-10-012026-09-30California
CNP CN Block Programs Total Consolidated265FL915N1099Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida$986.3M2025-10-012026-09-30Florida
CNP CN Block Programs Total Consolidated267CACA3N1099Department of Education California$954M2025-10-012026-09-30California
CNP CN Block Programs Total Consolidated266TX332N1099Texas Department of Agriculture$879.9M2025-10-012026-09-30Texas
Wic Food Expense267CACA7W1006California Department of Public Health$870.1M2025-10-012026-09-30California

Largest awards by total value

CNP CN Block Prog
awarded 2023$3.2B
CNP CN Block Prog
awarded 2022$3.1B
CNP CN Block Prog
awarded 2021$2.9B
School Food Programs
awarded 2018$2.7B
CNP CN Block Prog
awarded 2024$2.7B
CNP CN Block Prog
awarded 2021$2.6B
CNP CN Block Prog
awarded 2025$2.6B
School Food Programs
awarded 2018$2.6B

The agency’s biggest individual awards by total value, largest first.

Congressional oversight

House Committee on AgricultureHouse Committee on AppropriationsSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestrySenate Committee on Appropriations

Inferred the congressional committees whose jurisdiction covers this agency (curated). Oversight is context, not control, and not a claim of influence over any award.

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