Federal contractor · COLUMBIA, SC

AGRICULTURE, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF received $172K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+14% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.4M. Its largest customer was Food and Drug Administration ($172K). It also received $3.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$172K
New awards
4
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 129.1KFY2017
  2. 137.2KFY2018
  3. 116.7KFY2019
  4. 119.7KFY2020
  5. 146.3KFY2021
  6. 128.4KFY2022
  7. 135.9KFY2023
  8. 131.4KFY2024
  9. 151.4KFY2025
  10. 172KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Food and Drug Administration$172K100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$172K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Clarendon County, SC$106.8K62%
  2. Richland County, SC$65.3K38%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $172K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $172K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Food and Drug Administration$172K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. ANIMAL FOOD SOUTH CAROLINA$110.9K
    Food and Drug Administration· Richland County, SC· Professional services· Aug 17, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· 75F40123C00105
  2. HUMAN FOOD SOUTH CAROLINA STATE INSPECTIONS$106.8K
    Food and Drug Administration· Clarendon County, SC· Professional services· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 75F40126C00159
  3. SOUTH CAROLINA ANIMAL FOOD INSPECTION CONTRACT$78.9K
    Food and Drug Administration· Richland County, SC· Professional services· Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 75F40126C00073
  4. SOUTH CAROLINA ANIMAL FOOD INSPECTION CONTRACT$67.8K
    Food and Drug Administration· Richland County, SC· Professional services· Aug 29, 2025 – Jul 28, 2026· 75F40125C00060

Federal grants & assistance received

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.

AGRICULTURE, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF received $3.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 26 actions (5 new awards). Its largest program was 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS) ($1.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.7M
New awards
5
Actions
26
Since FY2021
$17.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 5.2MFY2021
  2. 18.1MFY2022
  3. 10.4MFY2023
  4. 4.6MFY2024
  5. -24.6MFY2025
  6. 3.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$3.7M99.7%
  2. Other assistance$12.4K0.3%

Top programs

  1. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)$1.6M44%
  2. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research$1M28%
  3. 10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program$937.1K25%
  4. 10.351 · Rural Business Development Grant$99.9K2.7%
  5. 10.153 · Market News$20K0.5%
  6. 10.950 · Agricultural Statistics Reports$12.4K0.3%
  7. 10.182 · Pandemic Relief Activities: Local Food Purchase Agreements with States, Tribes, and Local Governments-$9070.0%
  8. 10.525 · Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Competitive Grants Program-$40K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$2.5M69%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Food and Drug Administration$1M28%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Rural Business Cooperative Service$99.9K2.7%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Agricultural Marketing Service$19.1K0.5%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. National Agricultural Statistics Service$12.4K0.3%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

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    10.182 · Pandemic Relief Activities: Local Food Purchase Agreements with States, Tribes, and Local Governments· Agricultural Marketing Service· Cooperative agreement· Jun 30, 2022 – Mar 30, 2026· AM22LFPA0000C021
  2. PATH C ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRODUCE SAFETY RULE BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE FDA'S COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT…$3.1M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 28, 2021 – Sep 14, 2026· U2FFD007430
  3. CAP TEFAP ADMIN GRTS TO STS$1.3M
    10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 17, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026· 265SC800Y8105
  4. MAINTENANCE OF THE ANIMAL FEED REGULATORY PROGRAM STANDARDS WITH COORDINATED PREVENTIVE CONTROL REGULATORY ACTIVITIES AND CAPACITY BUILDING…$1.3M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jul 8, 2022 – Aug 11, 2026· U18FD007641
  5. CAP CSFP-ADMIN GRANTS TO STS$937.1K
    10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 17, 2025 – Jan 22, 2026· 265SC800Y8005
  6. CONTINUATION OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND S.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL…$680.3K
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 30, 2023 – Sep 28, 2026· U2FFD008044

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–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.1M (12 subawards)

9 sub-recipients

  1. SWAMP RABBIT CAFE & GROCERY LLC$421.1K39%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
  2. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$200K19%
    CLEMSON, SC · 4 subawards
  3. THOMPSON FARMS, LLC$100K9.3%
    HOLLY HILL, SC · 1 subaward
  4. THE PECULIAR PIG FARM LLC$99.3K9.2%
    SUMMERVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
  5. SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC$83.1K7.7%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 1 subaward
  6. PURPLE MUSHROOM$52.2K4.8%
    IRMO, SC · 1 subaward
  7. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON$51.9K4.8%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 1 subaward
  8. THE PICKLED PEPPER PEOPLE, LLC.$39.3K3.6%
    GREER, SC · 1 subaward
  9. SOUTH CAROLINA SMALL FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC$33.1K3.1%
    LAGRANGE, GA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $55K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$55K100%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $487.3K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $2.2M paid out · $727.6K received
  • FY2023: $12.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $2.3M paid out · $112.5K received
  • FY2025: $3.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $1.1M paid out · $55K received

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.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

56 companies · $21.1M reported

  1. SENN BROS., INC.$4.2M
    WEST COLUMBIA, SC · 2 subawards
  2. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$1.5M
    CLEMSON, SC · 21 subawards
  3. PICK 42 FOUNDATION, INC.$1.4M
    MULLINS, SC · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $62.4K reported

  1. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$55K
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  2. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA$7,356
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward

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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 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS APPEALS AND LICENSING$472.9K+10% in FY2026
    DES MOINES, IA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programs
  2. NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT$435.9K+8.3% in FY2026
    SANTA FE, NM · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programs
  3. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$429K+6.7% in FY2026
    MANHATTAN, KS · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programs

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.