• $16.2 billion in subsidies 1995-2006.
• Texas ranking: 1 of 50
• Top Recipients 1995-2006
• Top Recipients in 2006
• 82 percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments in Texas, according to USDA.
• Among subsidy recipients, ten percent collected 77 percent of all subsidies amounting to $12.5 billion over 12 years.
• Recipients in the top 10% averaged $47,464 in annual
payments between 1995 and 2006. The bottom 80 percent of the recipients saw only
$797 on average per year.
