Commodity subsidies in the United States totaled $240.6 billion from 1995-2020‡.

Programs included in Subtotal, Farming Subsidies payments

Program Total Payments
1995-2020‡
Total Direct Payments$53,844,231,420
Production Flexibility Contracts$35,435,367,486
Loan Deficiency Payments$31,301,315,982
Total Market Facilitation Program$23,193,221,252
Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops$18,388,573,676
Total Agricultural Risk Coverage$16,111,954,313
Total Counter Cyclical Payments$14,984,396,446
Total Price Loss Coverage$9,971,844,477
Total Commodity Certificates$7,493,847,412
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program$5,008,412,858
Total Dairy Program$4,941,717,879
Marketing Loan Gains$4,765,529,641
Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE)$3,196,017,875
Deficiency Payments$3,055,801,230
Misc. Farm - Subsidies$2,153,591,929
Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity$1,524,559,248
Oilseed Program$1,380,990,143
Total Tobacco Transition Payments$1,364,981,586
Total Livestock Indemnity Program$588,015,955
Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program$543,382,138
Cotton Transistion Assistance Program$489,074,074
Wool And Mohair Programs$153,924,963
Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program$98,603,497
Total Peanut Load-in Charges$91,953,348
Total Lamb Payments$86,221,192
Total Storage Program$58,657,314
Tobacco Payment Program$51,135,808
Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments$21,746,971
Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program$17,321,674
Total Emergency Compensation Program$9,240,205
Total Organic Cost Share$5,804,687

‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.

 

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