Farm Subsidy information
California
California Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, California, 2008
California Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- California ranking: 11 of 50 States
- 92 percent of farms in California did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in California, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 8,914 | $158,440,025 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 3,560 | $66,971,763 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 3,232 | $55,432,295 |
| 4 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 1,265 | $25,932,147 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 2,079 | $10,777,276 |
| 6 | Market Gains | 552 | $9,130,566 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 712 | $8,336,624 |
| 8 | Loan Deficiency | 300 | $6,420,461 |
| 9 | Conservation Reserve Program | 497 | $6,133,094 |
| 10 | Emergency Conservation Program | 194 | $2,258,972 |
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