Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2005
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 2005
Colorado Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Colorado ranking: 19 of 50 States
- 77 percent of farms in Colorado did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Colorado, 2005:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2005 |
Subsidy Total 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 9,450 | $95,124,339 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 16,568 | $75,139,731 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 7,781 | $72,902,073 |
| 4 | Loan Deficiency | 5,289 | $52,554,116 |
| 5 | Counter Cyclical Program | 13,083 | $38,229,320 |
| 6 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 1,899 | $10,328,464 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1,380 | $6,282,127 |
| 8 | Market Gains | 232 | $2,078,081 |
| 9 | Commodity Certificates | 44 | $1,554,319 |
| 10 | Lamb Meat Adjustment Program | 389 | $901,539 |
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