Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2003
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2003
Top programs in the United States, 2003:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2003 |
Subsidy Total 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 1,262,476 | $6,700,711,119 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 317,342 | $2,329,463,710 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 428,305 | $2,300,645,423 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 413,871 | $1,784,399,851 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 71,660 | $891,657,620 |
| 6 | Loan Deficiency | 218,226 | $576,291,912 |
| 7 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 192,387 | $343,708,659 |
| 8 | Commodity Certificates | 12,986 | $311,014,712 |
| 9 | Peanut Quota Buyout Program | 22,080 | $237,640,234 |
| 10 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 33,179 | $205,141,079 |
| 11 | Market Gains | 35,694 | $197,871,062 |
| 12 | Environmental Quality Incentives Program | 24,972 | $181,229,863 |
| 13 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 54,059 | $93,297,782 |
| 14 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 2,822 | $69,729,714 |
| 15 | Tobacco Payment Program | 292,838 | $51,121,823 |
| 16 | Emergency Conservation Program | 12,560 | $31,929,661 |
| 17 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 650 | $18,350,099 |
| 18 | Lamb Meat Adjustment Program | 12,450 | $16,153,261 |
| 19 | Miscellaneous Conservation Programs | 1,101 | $5,232,434 |
| 20 | LDP-like Grazing Payments | 4,530 | $4,756,038 |
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