USAspending.gov · federal agency · CY2024 · code 012
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Federal contract spending profile, contract obligations, budget authority and top contractors, from USAspending.gov.
- Corpus rank
- #9 of 65
- Contract obligations (CY2024)
- $11.6B
- Budget authority
- $476.7B
- Agency
- USDA
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Department of Agriculture’s annual contract obligations fell from $11.8B in 2023 to $11.6B in 2024. 1.4% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2020 at $12.4B.
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures share the calendar-year basis of the CY2024 headline above; budget authority is a separate measure.
How Department of Agriculture leads the CY2024 obligation board
$11.6B · #9 of 65 by CY2024 contract obligations (top quartile nationally) - a top-third USAspending agency by calendar-2024 contract obligations (same board as the agencies listing). See methodology.
From calendar 2019 to 2024, Department of Agriculture climbed from #10 to #9 of 66 agencies in the annual contract-obligation series. Its share of that year’s tracked agency total moved from 1.30% to 1.54%. Across the available annual series, its obligations ranged from $7.4B in 2019 to $12.4B in 2020, a 1.7x spread.
Tyson Foods Inc. is the largest listed prime contractor at $235.7M, or 2.0% of this agency’s calendar-2024 obligation total. The table below shows the remaining named prime recipients in the extract. Contract obligations ($11.6B) are a thin slice of the $476.7B budget-authority ceiling - most of the legal authority is outside this contract window. Methodology documents the distinct populations and the Treasury source fields.
Top Contractors
| # | Contractor | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Foods Inc. | $235.7M |
| 2 | Perimeter Solutions LP | $189.0M |
| 3 | Dawson's Realty & Mortgages, Inc. | $118.9M |
| 4 | Bongards Creameries | $116.6M |
| 5 | Pacific Coast Producers | $111.2M |
| 6 | Accenture Federal Services LLC | $107.6M |
| 7 | Associated Milk Producers Inc | $97.5M |
| 8 | Didion, Inc. | $96.6M |
| 9 | Aero-Flite, Inc. | $96.6M |
| 10 | Helicopter Express LLC | $94.8M |
| 11 | Stutz Packing Company | $94.0M |
| 12 | Carahsoft Technology Corp | $92.5M |
| 13 | Information Systems & Networks Corporation | $90.4M |
| 14 | At&t Enterprises, LLC | $87.5M |
| 15 | Inn Foods Inc | $84.7M |
| 16 | Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc | $81.6M |
| 17 | Cherry Meat Packers, Inc | $76.3M |
| 18 | Wescott Agri Products, Inc | $75.5M |
| 19 | Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions Inc. | $72.9M |
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Nearby mega-scale agencies
Data-derived peers across the USAspending agency extract: nearest contract-obligation scale and nearest budget authority. Not recommendations or same-department siblings.
Closest CY2024 contract obligations
Similar budget authority
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) $524.2B
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM) $384.4B
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) $575.9B
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $332.9B
- Department of Education (ED) $154.1B
- Department of Energy (DOE) $138.0B
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Contract amounts are aggregated and may not reflect the most current modifications or de-obligations. Always verify with official sources.
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