Farm Subsidy information
California
California Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2003
Total Subsidies, California, 2003
California Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- California ranking: 10 of 50 States
- 92 percent of farms in California did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in California, 2003:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2003 |
Subsidy Total 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 12,438 | $212,801,652 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 8,982 | $203,249,497 |
| 3 | Dairy Programs | 1,887 | $54,261,699 |
| 4 | Loan Deficiency | 3,683 | $53,022,248 |
| 5 | Market Gains | 1,046 | $45,063,790 |
| 6 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 1,977 | $37,590,873 |
| 7 | Commodity Certificates | 1,242 | $30,375,745 |
| 8 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 2,696 | $23,070,568 |
| 9 | Environmental Quality Incentives Program | 873 | $11,089,664 |
| 10 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 849 | $8,329,401 |
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