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Department of Agriculture

ALL TIME AWARDS343·ALL TIME $$81.2B·ACTIVE CONTRACTS158·ACTIVE $$32.8B·2026-02-13 → 2026-06-24
Award activity by year

Action date, all award rows

YearAwardsTotal $
2026324$80.5B
Where the money goes — by sector
Sub-tier offices
Food and Nutrition Service
$77.6B 96%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
$2.2B 3%
Rural Housing Service
$563.2M 1%
Forest Service
$435.8M 1%
Agricultural Marketing Service
$222.9M 0%
Natural Resources Conservation Service
$191.0M 0%

Based on the agency's $81,207,655,278 in tracked awards.

Top awards by amount

Top 25 of 343 tracked

Action dateRecipientAgencyAmountDescriptionSectorStatus
2026-04-17AGRICULTURE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OFDepartment of Agriculture$2,657,442,707CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-04-17AGRICULTURE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OFDepartment of Agriculture$2,598,363,588CNP CN BLOCK PROGactive
2026-04-17AGRICULTURE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OFDepartment of Agriculture$2,321,660,718SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMSexpired
2026-03-03DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$2,095,804,818CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-05-04NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTDepartment of Agriculture$1,515,408,644CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-04-17DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$1,508,885,048CNP CN BLOCK PROGactive
2026-05-04DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES FLORIDADepartment of Agriculture$1,448,191,051CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-06-18DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$1,375,167,902SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTSexpired
2026-05-04DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$1,263,400,217SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTSexpired
2026-04-02DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES FLORIDADepartment of Agriculture$1,222,149,264CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-04-17NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTDepartment of Agriculture$1,178,721,490CNP CN BLOCK PROGactive
2026-06-18NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTDepartment of Agriculture$1,108,764,038CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-04-17GEORGIA DEPT OF EDUCATIONDepartment of Agriculture$905,652,409CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-05-19ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIONDepartment of Agriculture$903,050,050CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-06-03PENNSYLVANIA DEPT OF EDUATIONDepartment of Agriculture$840,664,997CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-03-17PUBLIC HEALTH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OFDepartment of Agriculture$835,366,798WIC FOOD EXPENSEexpired
2026-05-19ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIONDepartment of Agriculture$823,257,188CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-04-17DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$809,835,235SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTSactive
2026-04-17DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES FLORIDADepartment of Agriculture$785,203,187CNP CN BLOCK PROGRAMS TOTAL CONSOLIDATEDactive
2026-04-17GEORGIA DEPT OF EDUCATIONDepartment of Agriculture$738,145,968CNP CN BLOCK PROGactive
2026-04-17AGRICULTURE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OFDepartment of Agriculture$706,019,173CNP CN BLOCK PROGRAMS TOTAL CONSOLIDATEDexpired
2026-04-17PUBLIC HEALTH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OFDepartment of Agriculture$695,715,664WIC FOOD EXPENSEactive
2026-04-02OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONDepartment of Agriculture$657,791,530CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-04-17DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$652,715,813CNP CN BLOCK PROGRAMS TOTAL CONSOLIDATEDactive
2026-06-03DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$642,812,520CNP SME EBT BENEFITS NON APPRactive
Data verification
Award rows tracked343
Distinct USAspending source_ids343
Duplicate rows detected0
Active + Completed + No-period = Total158 + 185 + 0 = 343

Aggregated from USAspending.gov records ingested by The Buildout's pipeline. Auto-updated daily. Each row above is a separate transaction record (action) from USAspending — multiple actions on the same underlying contract are counted independently, mirroring how USAspending publishes the data.

Verify any specific award on USAspending using its source_id, shown on the individual award's page. Methodology: /methodology.

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