• $10.3 billion in subsidies 1995-2006.
• Minnesota ranking: 5 of 50
• Top Recipients 1995-2006
• Top Recipients in 2006
• 46 percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments in Minnesota, according to USDA.
• Among subsidy recipients, ten percent collected 60 percent of all subsidies amounting to $6.18 billion over 12 years.
• Recipients in the top 10% averaged $41,854 in annual
payments between 1995 and 2006. The bottom 80 percent of the recipients saw only
$1,729 on average per year.
