Farm Subsidy information
California
California Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, California, 2012
California Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- California ranking: 12 of 50 States
- 92 percent of farms in California did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in California, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice Subsidies | 2,639 | $69,000,967 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 2,504 | $40,380,103 |
| 3 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 1,392 | $37,360,852 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 4,165 | $21,232,937 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 584 | $9,852,697 |
| 6 | Corn Subsidies | 3,140 | $8,679,294 |
| 7 | Conservation Reserve Program | 374 | $3,974,679 |
| 8 | Barley Subsidies | 2,106 | $3,330,365 |
| 9 | Livestock Subsidies | 82 | $861,514 |
| 10 | Safflower Subsidies | 543 | $845,028 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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