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 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soybean Subsidies | 320,118 | $6,159,439,795 |
| 2 | Corn Subsidies | 340,685 | $2,667,837,567 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 360,181 | $1,944,137,104 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 369,409 | $1,821,445,313 |
| 5 | Cotton Subsidies | 38,903 | $1,090,212,213 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 96,568 | $871,061,468 |
| 7 | Livestock Subsidies | 88,289 | $677,555,047 |
| 8 | Rice Subsidies | 25,800 | $598,517,487 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 143,457 | $487,806,248 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 24,986 | $400,626,775 |
| 11 | Peanut Subsidies | 19,587 | $340,609,161 |
| 12 | Barley Subsidies | 69,126 | $121,112,810 |
| 13 | Canola Subsidies | 9,636 | $101,705,539 |
| 14 | Sunflower Subsidies | 16,353 | $61,843,056 |
| 15 | Oat Subsidies | 65,255 | $17,420,359 |
| 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 | $2,220,943 |
| 20 | Mustard Seed Subsidies | 253 | $1,036,797 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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