Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2012
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, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 641,510 | $4,568,152,352 |
| 2 | Wheat Subsidies | 555,184 | $2,124,795,045 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 507,359 | $1,989,437,383 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 421,725 | $1,749,656,753 |
| 5 | Cotton Subsidies | 104,343 | $1,090,524,805 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 58,415 | $795,135,017 |
| 7 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 42,229 | $447,081,952 |
| 8 | Rice Subsidies | 28,435 | $413,911,655 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 227,500 | $320,984,713 |
| 10 | Tobacco Subsidies | 58,506 | $188,776,927 |
| 11 | Barley Subsidies | 123,788 | $124,474,878 |
| 12 | Peanut Subsidies | 15,787 | $114,519,159 |
| 13 | Sunflower Subsidies | 28,433 | $62,501,521 |
| 14 | Livestock Subsidies | 9,171 | $58,653,613 |
| 15 | Canola Subsidies | 9,652 | $46,459,411 |
| 16 | Oat Subsidies | 176,473 | $7,890,255 |
| 17 | Flax Subsidies | 5,324 | $5,619,312 |
| 18 | Tree Subsidies | 222 | $5,378,314 |
| 19 | Safflower Subsidies | 1,962 | $2,156,600 |
| 20 | Mustard Seed Subsidies | 913 | $845,368 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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