Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2010
The United States Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- 69 percent of farms in United States did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in the United States, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 666,798 | $3,760,357,477 |
| 2 | Disaster Payments | 178,480 | $2,532,592,862 |
| 3 | Wheat Subsidies | 582,288 | $2,136,758,825 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 442,768 | $1,818,014,025 |
| 5 | Soybean Subsidies | 523,087 | $1,596,270,801 |
| 6 | Cotton Subsidies | 121,064 | $1,053,520,026 |
| 7 | Rice Subsidies | 30,289 | $453,953,569 |
| 8 | Sorghum Subsidies | 237,166 | $268,592,116 |
| 9 | Livestock Subsidies | 30,248 | $226,737,271 |
| 10 | Tobacco Subsidies | 58,316 | $194,434,094 |
| 11 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 9,261 | $184,999,402 |
| 12 | Peanut Subsidies | 17,782 | $142,343,374 |
| 13 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 1,388 | $137,574,069 |
| 14 | Barley Subsidies | 128,321 | $108,983,638 |
| 15 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 51,487 | $73,932,412 |
| 16 | Sunflower Subsidies | 29,323 | $71,128,632 |
| 17 | Canola Subsidies | 9,848 | $31,663,899 |
| 18 | Oat Subsidies | 180,511 | $8,884,428 |
| 19 | Wool Subsidies | 9,157 | $6,223,385 |
| 20 | Flax Subsidies | 5,462 | $5,199,782 |
‡ 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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