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Payment Breakdown

Subsidy Program	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021	Total Payments 1995-2021
Total Commodity Programs	$29,809 $15,103 $12,385 $59,770 $56,260 $103,775 $78,279 $18,242 $86,078	$19,250 $14,067 $13,528 $3,393 $4,610 $4,517 $4,517 $4,517 $4,610	$4,214 $0 $0 $0 $1,074 $906 $305 $1,818 $629	$541,656
Total Conservation Programs	$20,092 $14,536 $17,828 $17,828 $37,928 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $104,438	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$266,134
Total Disaster Programs	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,833 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$19,833

Commodity subsidy breakdown

Subsidy Program	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021	Total Payments 1995-2021
Total Commodity Programs	$29,809 $15,103 $12,385 $59,770 $56,260 $103,775 $78,279 $18,242 $86,078	$19,250 $14,067 $13,528 $3,393 $4,610 $4,517 $4,517 $4,517 $4,610	$4,214 $0 $0 $0 $1,074 $906 $305 $1,818 $629	$541,656
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $861 $538	$1,399
CFAP Round 2 Payments	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $861 $0	$861
CFAP Round 2 - Top up payment for acreage based commodities	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $538	$538
Market Facilitation Program (MFP)	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $36 $0 $0	$36
Market Facilitation Program Payment (MFP) - Non-specialty crops	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $36 $0 $0	$36
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $293 $0	$293
Agricultural Risk Coverage County Payment (ARC-CO)	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $293 $0	$293
Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC)	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,074 $906 $269 $664 $91	$3,004
Price Loss Coverage Program Payments (PLC)	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,074 $906 $269 $664 $91	$3,004
Direct Payment Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $43,568	$17,257 $6,658 $6,658 $2,304 $4,610 $4,517 $4,517 $4,517 $4,610	$4,214 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$103,430
Direct Payment - Barley	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $214 $214 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$428
Direct Payment - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,423	$15,473 $4,620 $4,620 $2,304 $4,609 $4,516 $4,516 $4,516 $4,609	$4,213 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$73,419
Direct Payment - Oats	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $8	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$8
Direct Payment - Sorghum	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $54	$30 $1,009 $1,009 $0 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1	$1 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,108
Direct Payment - Upland Cotton	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $24,083	$1,754 $815 $815 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$27,467
Counter Cyclical Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $42,510	$1,376 $7,409 $6,870 $1,089 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$59,254
Counter Cyclical Payment - Barley	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $47 $69 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$116
Counter Cyclical Payment - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $5,341	$-3,942 $5,045 $4,617 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$11,061
Counter Cyclical Payment - Sorghum	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2	$-2 $272 $507 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$779
Counter Cyclical Payment - Cotton	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $37,167	$5,320 $2,045 $1,677 $1,089 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$47,298
Production Flexibility Program	$0 $17,109 $20,900 $7,663 $20,702 $19,208 $15,645 $15,832 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$117,059
Production Flexibility - Corn	$0 $687 $0 $0 $4,765 $4,384 $3,531 $9,053 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$22,420
Production Flexibility - Oats	$0 $3 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$5
Production Flexibility - Sorghum	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $24 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$24
Production Flexibility - Upland Cotton	$0 $16,419 $20,900 $7,663 $15,937 $14,824 $12,114 $6,753 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$94,610
Market Loss Assistance Program	$0 $0 $0 $7,347 $24,031 $20,702 $17,519 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$69,599
Market Loss Assistance - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $0 $7,223 $4,765 $4,030 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$16,018
Market Loss Assistance - Upland Cotton	$0 $0 $0 $7,347 $16,808 $15,937 $13,489 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$53,581
Deficiency Payment	$29,809 $-2,006 $-8,515 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$19,288
Deficiency Payment - Corn	$28,668 $-439 $-8,515 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$19,714
Deficiency Payment - Upland Cotton	$1,141 $-1,567 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$-426
Loan Deficiency	$0 $0 $0 $44,760 $11,476 $63,555 $40,276 $2,410 $0	$617 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$163,095
Loan Deficiency - Barley	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $11,597 $0 $2,410 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$14,006
Loan Deficiency - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $44,760 $11,476 $51,959 $40,276 $0 $0	$617 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$149,089
Market Gains	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,839 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$4,839
Marketing Gains - Farm Stored	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,839 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$4,839
Miscellaneous Farm Programs	$0 $0 $0 $0 $51 $309 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$360
Interest Penalty Payments	$0 $0 $0 $0 $51 $309 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$360

Conservation subsidy breakdown

Subsidy Program	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021	Total Payments 1995-2021
Total Conservation Programs	$20,092 $14,536 $17,828 $17,828 $37,928 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $104,438	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$266,134
Conservation Reserve Program	$20,092 $11,036 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$155,924
CRP - Annual Land Rental	$20,092 $11,036 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828 $17,828	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$155,924
Environmental Quality Incentives Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $20,100 $0 $0 $0 $86,610	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$106,710
EQIP - Regular	$0 $0 $0 $0 $20,100 $0 $0 $0 $86,610	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$106,710
Miscellaneous Conservation Programs	$0 $3,500 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$3,500
Agricultural Conservation Program	$0 $3,500 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$3,500

Disaster subsidy breakdown

Subsidy Program	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021	Total Payments 1995-2021
Total Disaster Programs	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,833 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$19,833
Crop Disaster Assistance Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,833 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$19,833
Crop Disaster Assistance Payments	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,833 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$19,833

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