Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2009
Top programs in the United States, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 895,812 | $4,267,832,578 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 448,399 | $1,865,436,543 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 117,513 | $1,169,978,162 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 51,082 | $1,152,148,585 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 87,214 | $469,174,658 |
| 6 | Market Gains | 12,824 | $283,875,490 |
| 7 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 59,575 | $202,894,480 |
| 8 | Loan Deficiency | 21,201 | $157,566,641 |
| 9 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 21,209 | $118,551,307 |
| 10 | Emergency Conservation Program | 17,522 | $88,191,269 |
| 11 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 12,909 | $69,741,892 |
| 12 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 7,259 | $59,052,038 |
| 13 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 4,186 | $49,194,049 |
| 14 | Biomass Crop Assistance Program | 187 | $10,387,114 |
| 15 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 2,269 | $6,082,367 |
| 16 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 5,995 | $1,520,898 |
| 17 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 122 | $571,607 |
| 18 | Specialty Crop Hurricane Disaster Program | 2 | $133,334 |
| 19 | Tree Assistance Program | 5 | $81,423 |
| 20 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 9 | $59,332 |
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