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, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 641,510 | $4,653,671,056 |
| 2 | Wheat Subsidies | 555,184 | $2,138,349,659 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 469,946 | $1,956,600,197 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 421,725 | $1,749,656,753 |
| 5 | Cotton Subsidies | 104,343 | $1,095,393,995 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 58,451 | $795,259,247 |
| 7 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 42,229 | $447,081,952 |
| 8 | Rice Subsidies | 28,435 | $414,073,994 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 227,500 | $321,537,768 |
| 10 | Tobacco Subsidies | 58,506 | $188,776,927 |
| 11 | Barley Subsidies | 123,788 | $125,469,394 |
| 12 | Peanut Subsidies | 15,787 | $115,586,909 |
| 13 | Sunflower Subsidies | 28,433 | $62,556,348 |
| 14 | Livestock Subsidies | 9,171 | $58,653,613 |
| 15 | Canola Subsidies | 9,652 | $46,843,583 |
| 16 | Oat Subsidies | 176,473 | $7,990,240 |
| 17 | Flax Subsidies | 5,324 | $5,649,133 |
| 18 | Tree Subsidies | 222 | $5,378,314 |
| 19 | Safflower Subsidies | 1,962 | $2,166,946 |
| 20 | Mustard Seed Subsidies | 913 | $938,296 |
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