Sorghum Subsidies in Ford County, Kansas totaled $83.6 million from 1995-2019‡.

From 1995 to 2019, the top 10 percent of sorghum subsidy recipients were paid 73 percent of sorghum subsidies.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2019‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%21%28$12,292,654$439,023
Top 1%22%28$12,523,884$447,282
Top 2%33%56$18,732,339$334,506
Top 2%33%56$18,963,569$338,635
Top 3%42%85$24,053,597$282,984
Top 3%42%85$24,284,827$285,704
Top 4%49%113$28,232,851$249,848
Top 4%49%113$28,464,081$251,895
Top 5%55%142$31,642,971$222,838
Top 5%55%142$31,874,201$224,466
Top 6%60%170$34,394,609$202,321
Top 6%60%170$34,632,355$203,720
Top 7%64%198$36,708,855$185,398
Top 7%64%198$36,961,129$186,672
Top 8%68%227$38,776,746$170,823
Top 8%68%227$39,032,546$171,950
Top 9%70%255$40,481,932$158,753
Top 9%71%255$40,737,732$159,756
Top 10%73%284$42,052,025$148,071
Top 10%73%284$42,307,825$148,971
Top 11%76%312$43,378,711$139,034
Top 11%76%312$43,634,511$139,854
Top 12%78%340$44,550,875$131,032
Top 12%78%340$44,806,675$131,784
Top 13%79%369$45,605,093$123,591
Top 13%80%369$45,860,893$124,284
Top 14%81%397$46,508,687$117,150
Top 14%81%397$46,764,487$117,795
Top 15%82%426$47,332,129$111,108
Top 15%82%426$47,587,929$111,709
Top 16%84%454$48,044,948$105,826
Top 16%84%454$48,300,748$106,389
Top 17%85%482$48,693,150$101,023
Top 17%85%482$48,948,950$101,554
Top 18%86%511$49,301,412$96,480
Top 18%86%511$49,557,212$96,981
Top 19%87%539$49,836,185$92,460
Top 19%87%539$50,091,985$92,935
Top 20%88%568$50,341,243$88,629
Top 20%88%568$50,597,043$89,079
Remaining 80% of recips.12%2,272$7,088,208$3,120
Remaining 80% of recips.12%2,272$7,089,306$3,120

‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.

 

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