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, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 659,795 | $4,960,490,783 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 479,681 | $2,124,687,164 |
| 3 | Wheat Subsidies | 542,160 | $2,035,421,921 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 440,864 | $1,883,440,760 |
| 5 | Cotton Subsidies | 107,876 | $1,374,134,701 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 143,662 | $1,215,287,760 |
| 7 | Rice Subsidies | 29,921 | $438,459,395 |
| 8 | Sorghum Subsidies | 233,466 | $312,304,663 |
| 9 | Livestock Subsidies | 42,742 | $303,485,839 |
| 10 | Tobacco Subsidies | 58,375 | $191,276,111 |
| 11 | Barley Subsidies | 127,828 | $114,904,686 |
| 12 | Peanut Subsidies | 17,665 | $112,358,779 |
| 13 | Sunflower Subsidies | 29,203 | $78,294,344 |
| 14 | Canola Subsidies | 9,924 | $44,156,436 |
| 15 | Tree Subsidies | 315 | $9,381,095 |
| 16 | Oat Subsidies | 179,904 | $6,650,062 |
| 17 | Flax Subsidies | 5,482 | $3,213,513 |
| 18 | Safflower Subsidies | 2,097 | $1,717,956 |
| 19 | Wool Subsidies | 3,669 | $1,706,941 |
| 20 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 393 | $1,004,400 |
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