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• $177.6 billion in subsidies 1995-2006.
• Top Recipients 1995-2006
• Top Recipients in 2006
• 67 percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments in United States, according to USDA.
• Among subsidy recipients, ten percent collected 74 percent of all subsidies amounting to $130.6 billion over 12 years.
• Recipients in the top 10% averaged $36,290 in annual payments between 1995 and 2006. The bottom 80 percent of the recipients saw only $731 on average per year.

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Summary Analyses:
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Marketing Loan payments

Payment Concentrations:
Concentration, 1995-2006
Concentration, 2006
Concentration, 2005
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Estimate of the Top 100 Beneficiaries of a 5-year extension of the current Farm Bill
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Top Recipients in 1995-2006
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Top Recipients in 2005
Top Recipients in 2004


Top Regions 1995-2006:
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Top programs in United States, 1995-2006:

Years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 1995-2006

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Rank Program
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Number of Recipients
1995-2006
Subsidy Total
1995-2006
1 Corn Subsidies
 1,568,095      $56,170,875,257
2 Wheat Subsidies
 1,308,268      $22,051,566,200
3 Cotton Subsidies
 247,879      $21,329,862,262
4 Conservation Reserve Program
 768,180      $20,337,282,263
5 Disaster Payments
 1,246,432      $15,114,518,393
6 Soybean Subsidies
 985,712      $14,239,702,740
7 Rice Subsidies
 65,533      $11,043,795,298
8 Sorghum Subsidies
 586,766      $4,569,912,363
9 Dairy Program Subsidies
 151,737      $3,560,356,847
10 Livestock Subsidies
 754,842      $2,908,502,988
11 Peanut Subsidies
 89,463      $2,609,286,072
12 Barley Subsidies
 337,812      $1,962,025,270
13 Env. Quality Incentive Program
 115,206      $943,955,199
14 Tobacco Subsidies
 383,889      $530,488,022
15 Sunflower Subsidies
 57,976      $461,135,751
16 Apple Subsidies
 8,586      $261,540,987
17 Sugar Beet Subsidies
 9,071      $242,064,005
18 Canola Subsidies
 19,390      $200,281,433
19 Oat Subsidies
 620,641      $198,255,252
20 Wool Subsidies
 73,277      $185,590,080


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