Commodity subsidies in the United States totaled $217.5 billion from 1995-2019‡.

Programs included in Subtotal, Farming Subsidies payments

Program Total Payments
1995-2019‡
Total Direct Payments$53,844,203,905
Production Flexibility Contracts$35,435,367,486
Loan Deficiency Payments$31,301,315,982
Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops$18,388,573,676
Total Agricultural Risk Coverage$15,381,068,660
Total Counter Cyclical Payments$14,984,396,446
Total Market Facilitation Program$8,394,265,787
Total Price Loss Coverage$7,998,348,242
Total Commodity Certificates$7,493,847,412
Marketing Loan Gains$4,765,529,641
Total Dairy Program$4,555,155,704
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
Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program$543,381,400
Cotton Transistion Assistance Program$489,074,074
Total Livestock Indemnity Program$485,035,568
Wool And Mohair Programs$153,924,963
Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program$98,603,497
Total Lamb Payments$86,221,192
Price Loss Coverage - Barley$79,740,077
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$3,223,540
Price Loss Coverage - Safflower$484,240
Price Loss Coverage - Rapeseed$16,932

‡ 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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