Commodity subsidies in California totaled $7.5 billion from 1995-2019‡.

Programs included in Subtotal, Farming Subsidies payments

Program Total Payments
1995-2019‡
Total Direct Payments$1,672,422,334
Production Flexibility Contracts$1,266,288,870
Total Commodity Certificates$1,077,385,786
Total Counter Cyclical Payments$813,414,450
Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops$653,369,249
Loan Deficiency Payments$520,414,742
Total Dairy Program$425,860,572
Marketing Loan Gains$353,686,359
Deficiency Payments$194,278,886
Total Price Loss Coverage$127,936,389
Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity$71,888,638
Total Market Facilitation Program$66,591,892
Total Agricultural Risk Coverage$63,499,409
Total Livestock Indemnity Program$34,361,957
Cotton Transistion Assistance Program$32,401,215
Misc. Farm - Subsidies$21,616,496
Total Storage Program$20,239,896
Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program$15,615,843
Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE)$14,696,582
Wool And Mohair Programs$8,886,136
Total Lamb Payments$7,174,865
Oilseed Program$3,055,076
Price Loss Coverage - Barley$2,109,813
Total Emergency Compensation Program$2,044,854
Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program$1,177,321
Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program$1,121,980
Price Loss Coverage - Safflower$180,438
Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments$37,092
Total Organic Cost Share$23,086

‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and April 30, 2019.

 

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