Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2006
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2006
Top programs in the United States, 2006:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2006 |
Subsidy Total 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 1,101,005 | $5,099,683,331 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 1,036,380 | $4,045,509,501 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 456,591 | $1,907,268,137 |
| 4 | Loan Deficiency | 209,573 | $759,964,532 |
| 5 | Commodity Certificates | 21,438 | $651,874,472 |
| 6 | Dairy Programs | 58,414 | $431,360,419 |
| 7 | Market Gains | 42,363 | $188,331,624 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 17,768 | $92,376,691 |
| 9 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 15,870 | $77,743,769 |
| 10 | Programmatic Environmental Assistance Program | 7,452 | $62,197,933 |
| 11 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 1,581 | $22,109,819 |
| 12 | Peanut Quota Buyout Program | 5,198 | $21,339,814 |
| 13 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 1,344 | $13,475,779 |
| 14 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 2,077 | $7,540,317 |
| 15 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 231 | $5,991,915 |
| 16 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 2,005 | $5,685,263 |
| 17 | Tree Assistance Program | 497 | $3,967,991 |
| 18 | Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | 2,884 | $3,383,930 |
| 19 | Miscellaneous Conservation Programs | 370 | $1,735,962 |
| 20 | Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program (TAAF) | 270 | $1,339,586 |
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