Farm Subsidy information
Minnesota
Minnesota Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Minnesota, 2008
Minnesota Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Minnesota ranking: 4 of 50 States
- 40 percent of farms in Minnesota did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Minnesota, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 46,866 | $305,804,684 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 36,513 | $114,101,272 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 12,619 | $82,372,385 |
| 4 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 4,966 | $4,045,355 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 99 | $351,591 |
| 6 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 59 | $282,655 |
| 7 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 89 | $208,956 |
| 8 | Loan Deficiency | 782 | $169,811 |
| 9 | Emergency Conservation Program | 19 | $74,963 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 12 | $24,190 |
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