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Subsidies on Autopilot: EWG's Projected Direct Payment Subsidies

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Farm Businesses That Would Receive $1 million+ Over 5 Years

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Projected Direct Payments Due to 5-year Extension of the Current Farm Bill Will Total $26 billion

Summary analyses of the proposed 5-year extension for the United States:
State rankings
District rankings

Senate Agriculture Committee Projection
5 Year Extension Analysis by Crop
Concentration of Payments over 5-year projection
Farm Businesses That Would Receive $1 million+ Over 5 Years
Top Farm Businesses:
Top Farm Businesses
Top Beneficiaries:
Top Beneficiaries
Over the 5-year Extension, the Top 10 Percent of Total Direct Payments to beneficiaries Will Claim 60 Percent of Those Payments
Pct. of Beneficiaries Pct. of Payments Number of Beneficiaries Estimated Payments
over 5 years
Payment per Beneficiary over 5 years
5 year totalAvg. per year
Top 1%13%15,201$3,351,545,645$220,482$44,096
Top 2%22%30,403$5,704,772,956$187,638$37,528
Top 3%29%45,605$7,628,441,312$167,272$33,454
Top 4%35%60,807$9,266,939,481$152,399$30,480
Top 5%41%76,008$10,696,339,662$140,727$28,145
Top 6%46%91,210$11,959,266,830$131,118$26,224
Top 7%50%106,412$13,084,017,553$122,956$24,591
Top 8%54%121,614$14,093,560,180$115,888$23,178
Top 9%57%136,815$15,005,281,067$109,676$21,935
Top 10%60%152,017$15,830,808,022$104,138$20,828
Top 11%63%167,219$16,580,558,627$99,155$19,831
Top 12%66%182,421$17,264,136,588$94,639$18,928
Top 13%68%197,622$17,888,355,964$90,518$18,104
Top 14%70%212,824$18,459,128,885$86,734$17,347
Top 15%72%228,026$18,982,854,116$83,249$16,650
Top 16%74%243,228$19,464,031,903$80,024$16,005
Top 17%76%258,429$19,906,413,294$77,029$15,406
Top 18%78%273,631$20,313,941,008$74,238$14,848
Top 19%79%288,833$20,690,102,138$71,633$14,327
Top 20%80%304,035$21,037,819,063$69,195$13,839
Remaining 80% of beneficiaries20%1,216,140$5,173,701,464$4,254$851
All beneficiaries 100% 1,520,175 $26,211,815,856 $17,243 $3,449


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