• $145 million in subsidies 1995-2006.
• California ranking: 10 of 50
• Top Recipients 1995-2006
• Top Recipients in 2006
• 91 percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments in California, according to USDA.
• Among subsidy recipients, ten percent collected 77 percent of all subsidies amounting to $112 million over 12 years.
• Recipients in the top 10% averaged $38,033 in annual
payments between 1995 and 2006. The bottom 80 percent of the recipients saw only
$695 on average per year.
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