Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2009
Illinois Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Illinois ranking: 3 of 50 States
- 33 percent of farms in Illinois did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Illinois, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 81,478 | $326,339,524 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 47,294 | $116,345,642 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 17,957 | $83,137,538 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 1,038 | $19,549,049 |
| 5 | Emergency Conservation Program | 307 | $3,682,289 |
| 6 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 417 | $1,108,827 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 10 | $46,459 |
| 8 | Loan Deficiency | 282 | $43,681 |
| 9 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 17 | $29,147 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 146 | $4,630 |
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