Farm Subsidy information
California
California Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, California, 1995-2019‡
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, 1995-2019‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 14,347 | $3,290,956,659 |
| 2 | Rice Subsidies | 8,351 | $2,798,911,453 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 29,427 | $1,208,907,502 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 18,162 | $682,929,814 |
| 5 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 4,819 | $547,146,788 |
| 6 | Livestock Subsidies | 11,712 | $412,556,276 |
| 7 | Corn Subsidies | 13,351 | $372,010,305 |
| 8 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 8,549 | $258,509,302 |
| 9 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,279 | $113,326,899 |
| 10 | Barley Subsidies | 9,843 | $80,786,010 |
‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and April 30, 2019.
Less Farm Pollution, More Clean Water
'Retired' Sensitive Cropland: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Growing Organic
Feeding the World
Exposing Fields of Filth
Crop Insurance