Federal department or agency

Department of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture obligated $10B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 42,769 contract actions (+4.9% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO ($260.6M). It also awarded $154.3B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$10B
Actions
42.8K
New awards: 23.6K
Sole-source
7.4%
Small business
70%
Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.1BFY2017
  2. 6.1BFY2018
  3. 7.3BFY2019
  4. 12.2BFY2020
  5. 9.7BFY2021
  6. 10BFY2022
  7. 11.5BFY2023
  8. 11.6BFY2024
  9. 9.6BFY2025
  10. 10BFY2026
  11. 99.4MFY2027

Sub-agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$3.9B38%
  2. Agricultural Marketing Service$3.5B35%
  3. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$1.5B15%
  4. Agricultural Research Service$380.3M3.8%
  5. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$297.5M3.0%
  6. Rural Housing Service$210.7M2.1%
  7. Food and Nutrition Service$103.1M1.0%
  8. Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$61.3M0.6%
  9. Food Safety and Inspection Service$46.4M0.5%
  10. Office of the Inspector General$14.3M0.1%

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO$260.6M2.6%
  2. TYSON FOODS INC.$226.3M2.3%
  3. PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP$159.5M1.6%
  4. PACIFIC COAST PRODUCERS$133.1M1.3%
  5. PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.$130.3M1.3%
  6. HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC$117.5M1.2%
  7. AERO-FLITE, INC.$114.9M1.1%
  8. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$109.3M1.1%
  9. CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC.$107.4M1.1%
  10. LEPRINO FOODS DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY$104.1M1.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$3.9B39%
  2. Facilities & utilities$2.3B23%
  3. IT & telecom$1.6B16%
  4. Construction & real property$1.1B11%
  5. Professional services$620.3M6.2%
  6. Transportation & logistics$203.1M2.0%
  7. Equipment maintenance$172.4M1.7%
  8. Research & development$45.5M0.5%
  9. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$39.4M0.4%
  10. Health & medical$39.2M0.4%
  11. Education & social services$21.7M0.2%
  12. Fuel$818.5K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$1.3B13%
  2. Virginia$1B10.0%
  3. Idaho$563.7M5.6%
  4. Oregon$525.8M5.2%
  5. Colorado$472.4M4.7%
  6. District of Columbia$445.7M4.4%
  7. Washington$435.8M4.3%
  8. Texas$369M3.7%
  9. Montana$345.8M3.4%
  10. Georgia$342.6M3.4%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition27%
    US 39% · $2.7B
  • Sole-source awards7.4%
    US 30% · $748.2M
  • Single-offer competitions19%
    US 8.7% · $1.9B
  • Urgency justifications0.6%
    US 5.1% · $59.8M
  • Year-end rush12%
    US 6.1% · $1.2B
  • Undefinitized contracts0.3%
    US 5.0% · $28.2M
  • Time-and-materials pricing1.9%
    US 4.2% · $187M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. USDA, OCP-POD-ACQ-MGMT-BRANCH-FTC$276.8M18%
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer
  2. USDA-FS, INCIDENT PROCUREMENT LOGISTICS$142.6M27%
    Forest Service
  3. MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN$93.2M31%
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  4. USDA ARS AFM APD$56.1M15%
    Agricultural Research Service
  5. USDA-FS, AT-INCIDENT MGT SPT BRANCH$47.3M64%
    Forest Service

Contracts terminated for default: 35

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
1 award · 1 recipient
All loaded years
$499.9K
7 awards · 5 recipients

Recipients · FY2026

  1. PRESCIENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$0
    1 award · Debarred or declared ineligible · DOL · May 28, 2025

Awards · FY2026

  1. PURCHASE ORDER TO COMPLETE A RATIFIED/APPROVED UNAUTHORIZED COMMITMENT (UAC), CONTROL NUMBER FY26-FPAC-UAC-026, DATED 5MAY26. THIS ORDER IS FOR ADMINISTRATION PURPOSES ONLY; NO INVOICES NEED SUBMITTED.12FPC326P0020 · PRESCIENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · New award$0May 5, 2026

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 9, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. USDA ENTERPRISE-SCALE FEDRAMP CERTIFIED CLOUD HOSTING SERVICES.$368.2M
    ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 19, 2017 – Oct 7, 2026· 12314418F0020
  2. ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SERVICES$308.4M
    SYNERGY BUSINESS INNOVATION & SOLUTIONS INC.· Larimer County, CO· IT & telecom· Apr 23, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· 12314421F0279
  3. FY23 USDA OCIO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS POP: 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2023$300.5M
    MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 16, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 12314422C0055
  4. USDA DISC ENTERPRISE WIDE SALESFORCE SOFTWARE&SUPPORT SERVICES$294.6M
    CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP· Jackson County, MO· IT & telecom· Jun 19, 2020 – Apr 30, 2026· 12314420F0355
  5. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION" BLI DDVAK725 HURRICANE HELENE VCT DISASTER RECON DESIGN-BUILD HURRICANE HELENE IN VA$260.6M
    KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO· Washington County, VA· Construction & real property· Nov 6, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· 12445126C0001
  6. NDMS SAMPLE TASK ORDER FOR NON-PERSONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE POST ACCELERATION DEFAULT, PROPERTY PRESERVATION AND REAL ESTATE OWNED (REO) SERVICES ON THE RD SINGLE FAMILY DIRECT LOAN PORTFOLIO.$248.7M
    DAWSON'S REALTY & MORTGAGES, INC.· Gwinnett County, GA· Professional services· Jun 20, 2023 – Jul 23, 2026· 12SAD223F0014
  7. NDMS SAMPLE TASK ORDER FOR NON-PERSONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE POST ACCELERATION DEFAULT, PROPERTY PRESERVATION AND REAL ESTATE OWNED (REO) SERVICES ON THE RD SINGLE FAMILY DIRECT LOAN PORTFOLIO. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO FORE$224.9M
    INFORMATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 20, 2023 – May 11, 2026· 12SAD223F0015
  8. USDANET ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS$200.7M
    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.· Larimer County, CO· IT & telecom· Dec 16, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 12314422F0069

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Department of Agriculture obligated $154.3B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,808,895 actions (1,644,148 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ($77.9B).

Assistance · FY2026
$154.3B
Loan face value
$17.9B
lent or guaranteed
Actions
1.8M
Since FY2021
$1.1T

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 214.3BFY2021
  2. 224BFY2022
  3. 195BFY2023
  4. 161BFY2024
  5. 174.5BFY2025
  6. 154.3BFY2026
  7. 25.9KFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$97.1B63%
  2. Grants$51.3B33%
  3. Other assistance$5.7B3.7%
  4. Insurance$227.4M0.1%
  5. Loans$00.0%
    $17.9B lent or guaranteed

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$77.9B50%
  2. 10.555 · National School Lunch Program$28B18%
  3. 10.557 · WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children$8.3B5.4%
  4. 10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$7.3B4.7%
  5. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$6.1B4.0%
  6. 10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$4B2.6%
  7. 10.566 · Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico$3B1.9%
  8. 10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$2.6B1.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA$13.5B8.8%
    SACRAMENTO, CA
  2. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY & DISABILITY ASSISTANCE$7.1B4.6%
    ALBANY, NY
  3. HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX$7B4.5%
    AUSTIN, TX
  4. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$4.8B3.1%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL
  5. PA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$4B2.6%
    HARRISBURG, PA
  6. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE$4B2.6%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL
  7. AGRICULTURE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF$3.6B2.3%
    AUSTIN, TX
  8. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$3.1B2.0%
    LANSING, MI

Where it went

  1. California$19.1B12%
  2. Texas$12.6B8.2%
  3. New York$10.2B6.6%
  4. Florida$8B5.2%
  5. Illinois$5.9B3.8%
  6. Georgia$5.7B3.7%
  7. Pennsylvania$5.6B3.6%
  8. North Carolina$4.8B3.1%
  9. Ohio$4.4B2.9%
  10. Michigan$4.4B2.8%

By state of the place of performance.

Sub-agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$126.9B82%
  2. Farm Service Agency$14B9.0%
  3. Natural Resources Conservation Service$4.9B3.2%
  4. Forest Service$2.2B1.4%
  5. Rural Housing Service$1.7B1.1%
  6. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$1.4B0.9%
  7. Rural Utilities Service$1.1B0.7%
  8. Foreign Agricultural Service$707.7M0.5%
  9. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$446.9M0.3%
  10. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Agriculture$240M0.2%
  11. Risk Management Agency$230.2M0.1%
  12. Commodity Credit Corporation$172.9M0.1%

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $146.7M (246 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $19.4B (136,784 subawards)

20,913 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. CITY OF NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION$486.8M2.5%
    BROOKLYN, NY · 8 subawards
  2. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES$380M1.9%
    CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA · 4 subawards
  3. NYC DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES$221.8M1.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 35 subawards
  4. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$216.8M1.1%
    TAMPA, FL · 4 subawards
  5. SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$199.6M1.0%
    WEST PALM BEACH, FL · 4 subawards
  6. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$180.6M0.9%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 11 subawards
  7. POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD$125.3M0.6%
    BARTOW, FL · 2 subawards
  8. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$123.9M0.6%
    MIAMI, FL · 2 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO$111.7M0.6%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 4 subawards
  10. LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD$110.1M0.6%
    FORT MYERS, FL · 2 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$352.4M
Clients
1,149
Reports
2,226

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$30M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Environment and Superfund
  3. Amazon.com Services LLCAI match · 100%$8.7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  4. Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyAI match · 100%$6.4M
    1.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Agriculture, Trade (domestic and foreign), Natural resources
  5. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL$6.3M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  6. WALMART INC.$5.4M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  7. MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99%$5.1M
    9.7% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Environment and Superfund
  8. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.AI match · 100%$5M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV
  9. NEXTERA ENERGY, INCAI match · 95%$4.4M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign), Natural resources
  10. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE$4.2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Environment and Superfund
  11. Bayer Corporation (consolidated report)$3.9M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Agriculture, Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  12. RAI Services Company$3.8M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Agriculture, Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  13. Sylvamo North America, LLC$3.8M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Environment and Superfund, Energy and nuclear
  14. AARP$3.8M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Agriculture, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  15. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION$3.6M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Transportation

82 more clients ($4.5M) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.