In a June 26 article, the Los Angeles Times wrote that a family farm of which Bachmann is a partner received nearly $260,000 in federal farm subsidies from 1995 through 2008. Asked about the subsidies by Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," Bachmann falsely claimed she and her husband "have never gotten a penny from the farm." She also left the wrong impression that she has nothing to do with the farm.

Bachmann, June 26: … regarding the farm, the farm is my father-in-law's farm. It's not my husband and my farm. It's my father-in-law's farm. And my husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm.

Every year since joining Congress in 2007, Bachmann has reported that she is a partner in the "Bachmann Farm Family LP" in Independence, Wisc. Her and her husband's share of the farm was valued at between $100,001 and $250,000 in her most recent financial disclosure report for 2009. The Times said the farm was owned by her late father-in-law, Paul Bachmann, until his death in 2009, and that she "retains a partnership in the farm."

A database on federal farm subsidies maintained by the nonpartisan Environmental Working Group shows that Paul Bachmann's farm received $259,332 in subsidies from 1995 through 2008.

Michele Bachmann reported income of between $2,501 and $5,000 from the family farm in 2006. That same year, the farm received $19,528 in commodity subsidies, according to the environmental group's database. Bachmann reported no farm income in 2007, but she did report income of between $15,000 and $50,000 in both 2008 and 2009. The farm received just $274 in subsidies in 2008 and has received nothing since then, the data show.

It's true that during her time in Congress, the Bachmann family farm received a relatively small amount in federal subsidies. But it did get some federal aid, and she and her husband did receive some income from the farm.

Read the rest of FactCheck.org's analysis at their site.

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