Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2011
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, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 79,589 | $324,155,219 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 48,513 | $129,814,319 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 19,068 | $91,422,622 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 1,905 | $40,871,837 |
| 5 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 12,595 | $5,432,175 |
| 6 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 53 | $361,938 |
| 7 | Market Loss Assistance Program | 10 | $39,924 |
| 8 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 21 | $31,793 |
| 9 | Dairy Programs | 36 | $28,650 |
| 10 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 6 | $26,486 |
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