• $62.8 million in subsidies 1995-2006.
• Connecticut ranking: 46 of 50
• Top Recipients 1995-2006
• Top Recipients in 2006
• 94 percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments in Connecticut, according to USDA.
• Among subsidy recipients, ten percent collected 59 percent of all subsidies amounting to $37.3 million over 12 years.
• Recipients in the top 10% averaged $24,773 in annual
payments between 1995 and 2006. The bottom 80 percent of the recipients saw only
$1,083 on average per year.
