Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Information
The United States Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- 62 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 2010 |
Subsidy Total 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 666,798 | $3,771,863,080 |
| 2 | Disaster Payments | 178,481 | $2,532,598,972 |
| 3 | Wheat Subsidies | 564,316 | $2,012,216,841 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 442,768 | $1,818,014,025 |
| 5 | Soybean Subsidies | 482,665 | $1,526,725,516 |
| 6 | Cotton Subsidies | 121,064 | $1,056,480,401 |
| 7 | Rice Subsidies | 30,289 | $454,184,250 |
| 8 | Sorghum Subsidies | 237,166 | $268,879,475 |
| 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 | $142,922,207 |
| 13 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 1,468 | $137,574,485 |
| 14 | Barley Subsidies | 128,321 | $109,374,981 |
| 15 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 51,487 | $73,932,412 |
| 16 | Sunflower Subsidies | 29,323 | $71,207,427 |
| 17 | Canola Subsidies | 9,848 | $31,757,957 |
| 18 | Oat Subsidies | 180,511 | $8,970,176 |
| 19 | Wool Subsidies | 9,157 | $6,223,385 |
| 20 | Flax Subsidies | 5,462 | $5,200,999 |
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