Farm Subsidy information
Montana
Montana Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 1995-2023
Total Subsidies, Montana, 1995-2023
Montana Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Montana ranking: 18 of 50 States
- 61 percent of farms in Montana did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Montana, 1995-2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2023 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 18,793 | $2,322,969,730 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 28,636 | $1,095,093,122 |
| 3 | Production Flexibility Program | 26,789 | $828,389,532 |
| 4 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 17,005 | $777,916,613 |
| 5 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 15,022 | $433,212,001 |
| 6 | Market Loss Assistance Program | 24,514 | $420,742,176 |
| 7 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 9,632 | $373,205,692 |
| 8 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 17,198 | $369,655,909 |
| 9 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 5,740 | $324,255,811 |
| 10 | Loan Deficiency | 19,753 | $324,180,775 |
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