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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 1995-2023
Total Commodity Programs	$7,080 $3,566 $4,285 $11,808 $16,122 $14,118 $20,005 $6,934 $4,162	$7,245 $12,762 $7,046 $4,156 $4,156 $4,070 $4,070 $4,070 $1,080	$987 $0 $2,692 $55 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$140,468
Total Conservation Programs	$1,560 $1,560 $1,560 $972 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658	$1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $2,135 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$51,527

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 1995-2023
Total Commodity Programs	$7,080 $3,566 $4,285 $11,808 $16,122 $14,118 $20,005 $6,934 $4,162	$7,245 $12,762 $7,046 $4,156 $4,156 $4,070 $4,070 $4,070 $1,080	$987 $0 $2,692 $55 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$140,468
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 $2,692 $55 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,747
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 $2,692 $55 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,747
Direct Payment Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,303 $4,176	$4,156 $4,156 $4,156 $4,156 $4,156 $4,070 $4,070 $4,070 $1,080	$987 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$40,536
Direct Payment - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $246 $2,920	$2,920 $2,920 $2,920 $2,920 $2,920 $2,861 $2,861 $2,861 $759	$693 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$27,801
Direct Payment - Soybeans	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,031 $1,031	$1,011 $1,011 $1,011 $1,011 $1,011 $990 $990 $990 $263	$241 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$10,591
Direct Payment - Wheat	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $26 $225	$225 $225 $225 $225 $225 $219 $219 $219 $58	$53 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,144
Counter Cyclical Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $4,484 $2,190 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$6,674
Counter Cyclical Payment - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $4,484 $2,190 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$6,674
Counter Cyclical Payment - Soybeans	$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 $0	$0
Counter Cyclical Payment - Wheat	$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 $0	$0
Production Flexibility Program	$0 $3,566 $6,833 $5,564 $4,996 $4,599 $3,705 $3,595 $-14	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$32,844
Production Flexibility - Corn	$0 $3,501 $6,780 $5,258 $4,703 $4,328 $3,486 $3,382 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$31,438
Production Flexibility - Oats	$0 $21 $21 $20 $18 $17 $14 $14 $-14	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$111
Production Flexibility - Wheat	$0 $44 $32 $286 $275 $254 $205 $199 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,295
Market Loss Assistance Program	$0 $0 $0 $2,766 $4,996 $4,996 $4,226 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$16,984
Market Loss Assistance - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $2,614 $4,703 $4,703 $3,978 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$15,998
Market Loss Assistance - Oats	$0 $0 $0 $10 $18 $18 $15 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$61
Market Loss Assistance - Wheat	$0 $0 $0 $142 $275 $275 $233 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$925
Oilseed Program	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $839 $1,605 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,444
Oilseed Program - Soybean	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $839 $1,605 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,444
Deficiency Payment	$7,080 $0 $-2,548 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$4,532
Deficiency Payment - Corn	$7,055 $0 $-2,548 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$4,507
Deficiency Payment - Oats	$25 $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	$25
Loan Deficiency	$0 $0 $0 $2,630 $2,427 $2,964 $8,529 $336 $0	$3,089 $4,122 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$24,097
Loan Deficiency - Corn	$0 $0 $0 $1,904 $0 $410 $3,353 $303 $0	$3,052 $4,122 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$13,144
Loan Deficiency - Oats	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $68 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$68
Loan Deficiency - Soybeans	$0 $0 $0 $726 $2,427 $2,486 $5,175 $34 $0	$37 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$10,885
Market Gains	$0 $0 $0 $848 $2,363 $720 $1,940 $1,700 $0	$0 $0 $700 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$8,271
Marketing Gains - Farm Stored	$0 $0 $0 $848 $2,363 $720 $1,940 $1,700 $0	$0 $0 $460 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$8,031
Marketing Gains - Warehouse Stored	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $240 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$240
Miscellaneous Farm Programs	$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,340 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,340
Small Hog Operation	$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,340 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,340

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 1995-2023
Total Conservation Programs	$1,560 $1,560 $1,560 $972 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658	$1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $2,135 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$51,527
Conservation Reserve Program	$1,560 $1,560 $1,560 $972 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658	$1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $2,135 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$51,527
CRP - Annual Land Rental	$1,560 $1,560 $1,560 $972 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658	$1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,658 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940 $1,940	$51,332
CRP - Cost Share	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $195 $0 $0 $0 $0	$195

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