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Subsidy Program	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021	Total Payments 1995-2023
Total Commodity Programs	$1,040 $2,294 $1,634 $2,137 $7,579 $4,243 $2,676 $1,218 $1,604	$1,607 $1,439 $1,439 $1,439 $2,159 $2,116 $2,116 $2,116 $2,159	$1,974 $0 $0 $3,917 $9,364 $4,130 $2,958 $5,338 $3,582	$72,279
Total Disaster Programs	$5,047 $0 $0 $0 $823 $0 $0 $1,323 $4,485	$334 $9,765 $0 $0 $1,486 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $1,428 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$24,691

Commodity subsidy breakdown

Subsidy Program	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021	Total Payments 1995-2023
Total Commodity Programs	$1,040 $2,294 $1,634 $2,137 $7,579 $4,243 $2,676 $1,218 $1,604	$1,607 $1,439 $1,439 $1,439 $2,159 $2,116 $2,116 $2,116 $2,159	$1,974 $0 $0 $3,917 $9,364 $4,130 $2,958 $5,338 $3,582	$72,279
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,151 $1,535	$2,686
CFAP Round 2 Payments	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,151 $0	$1,151
CFAP Round 2 - Top up payment for acreage based commodities	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,535	$1,535
Market Facilitation Program (MFP)	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,151 $0 $0	$1,151
Market Facilitation Program Payment (MFP) - Non-specialty crops	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,151 $0 $0	$1,151
Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC)	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $3,917 $9,364 $4,130 $1,807 $4,187 $2,047	$25,452
Price Loss Coverage Program Payments (PLC)	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $3,917 $9,364 $4,130 $1,807 $4,187 $2,047	$25,452
Direct Payment Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,604	$1,439 $1,439 $1,439 $1,439 $2,159 $2,116 $2,116 $2,116 $2,159	$1,974 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$20,000
Direct Payment - Oats	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $44	$41 $41 $41 $41 $61 $60 $60 $60 $61	$56 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$566
Direct Payment - Wheat	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,560	$1,398 $1,398 $1,398 $1,398 $2,098 $2,056 $2,056 $2,056 $2,098	$1,918 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$19,434
Production Flexibility Program	$0 $2,294 $2,524 $893 $1,682 $1,552 $1,251 $1,218 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$11,414
Production Flexibility - Oats	$0 $54 $74 $27 $49 $45 $36 $36 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$321
Production Flexibility - Wheat	$0 $2,240 $2,450 $866 $1,633 $1,507 $1,215 $1,182 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$11,093
Market Loss Assistance Program	$0 $0 $0 $870 $1,682 $1,682 $1,425 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$5,659
Market Loss Assistance - Oats	$0 $0 $0 $25 $49 $49 $41 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$164
Market Loss Assistance - Wheat	$0 $0 $0 $845 $1,633 $1,633 $1,384 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$5,495
Deficiency Payment	$1,040 $0 $-890 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$150
Deficiency Payment - Oats	$150 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$150
Deficiency Payment - Wheat	$890 $0 $-890 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0
Loan Deficiency	$0 $0 $0 $374 $2,159 $1,009 $0 $0 $0	$168 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$3,710
Loan Deficiency - Oats	$0 $0 $0 $322 $1,150 $1,009 $0 $0 $0	$168 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,649
Loan Deficiency - Sorghum	$0 $0 $0 $52 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$52
Loan Deficiency - Wheat	$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,009 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,009
Market Gains	$0 $0 $0 $0 $2,056 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,056
Marketing Gains - Farm Stored	$0 $0 $0 $0 $2,056 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,056

Disaster subsidy breakdown

Subsidy Program	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021	Total Payments 1995-2023
Total Disaster Programs	$5,047 $0 $0 $0 $823 $0 $0 $1,323 $4,485	$334 $9,765 $0 $0 $1,486 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $1,428 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$24,691
Crop Disaster Assistance Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $823 $0 $0 $0 $4,485	$0 $9,363 $0 $0 $1,486 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$16,157
Crop Disaster Assistance Payments	$0 $0 $0 $0 $823 $0 $0 $0 $4,485	$0 $9,363 $0 $0 $1,486 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$16,157
Non-insured Disaster Assistance	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$334 $402 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$736
Non-insured Assistance Payment	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$334 $402 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$736
Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,323 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,323
Livestock Compensation Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,323 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,323
Livestock Forage Disaster Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $1,428 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,428
Livestock Forage Disaster Payments	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $1,428 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,428
Miscellaneous Disaster Programs	$5,047 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$5,047
Natural Disaster - 1995	$5,047 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$5,047

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