Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2005
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2005
Top programs in the United States, 2005:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2005 |
Subsidy Total 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 1,132,343 | $5,196,055,583 |
| 2 | Loan Deficiency | 587,576 | $5,080,495,088 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 1,080,012 | $4,073,772,102 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 303,397 | $2,447,185,430 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 442,836 | $1,822,527,856 |
| 6 | Commodity Certificates | 30,802 | $1,457,681,495 |
| 7 | Market Gains | 55,321 | $368,838,681 |
| 8 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 4,454 | $271,272,189 |
| 9 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 76,358 | $266,770,808 |
| 10 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 15,357 | $84,021,105 |
| 11 | Emergency Conservation Program | 11,904 | $65,567,628 |
| 12 | Peanut Quota Buyout Program | 5,383 | $22,262,485 |
| 13 | Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program (TAAF) | 3,461 | $14,996,485 |
| 14 | Lamb Meat Adjustment Program | 15,688 | $14,248,090 |
| 15 | Dairy Programs | 52,465 | $9,962,718 |
| 16 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 325 | $8,194,091 |
| 17 | Market Loss Assistance Program | 198 | $6,523,767 |
| 18 | Tree Assistance Program | 375 | $4,691,263 |
| 19 | Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | 3,600 | $4,074,302 |
| 20 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1,353 | $3,838,106 |
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