Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2018
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, 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soybean Subsidies | 320,118 | $6,158,175,770 |
| 2 | Corn Subsidies | 340,685 | $2,667,012,688 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 360,181 | $1,944,137,104 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 369,409 | $1,820,975,743 |
| 5 | Cotton Subsidies | 38,903 | $1,089,185,172 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 96,568 | $871,061,468 |
| 7 | Livestock Subsidies | 88,289 | $677,555,047 |
| 8 | Rice Subsidies | 25,800 | $598,427,778 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 143,457 | $487,799,684 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 24,986 | $400,626,775 |
| 11 | Peanut Subsidies | 19,587 | $340,571,151 |
| 12 | Barley Subsidies | 69,126 | $121,074,871 |
| 13 | Canola Subsidies | 9,636 | $101,671,745 |
| 14 | Sunflower Subsidies | 16,353 | $61,815,505 |
| 15 | Oat Subsidies | 65,255 | $17,420,981 |
| 16 | Tree Subsidies | 413 | $10,306,690 |
| 17 | Flax Subsidies | 4,274 | $7,605,476 |
| 18 | Dry Pea Subsidies | 3,277 | $4,088,202 |
| 19 | Safflower Subsidies | 1,620 | $2,234,252 |
| 20 | Mustard Seed Subsidies | 253 | $1,036,797 |
‡ 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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