Farm Subsidy information
California
California Farm Subsidy Information
California Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- California ranking: 12 of 50 States
- 91 percent of farms in California did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in California, 1995-2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2014 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 13,453 | $3,166,487,135 |
| 2 | Rice Subsidies | 8,142 | $2,704,573,743 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 28,201 | $992,235,341 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 17,486 | $598,422,440 |
| 5 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 4,625 | $498,130,917 |
| 6 | Corn Subsidies | 12,833 | $323,327,238 |
| 7 | Livestock Subsidies | 10,833 | $263,183,726 |
| 8 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 8,492 | $258,509,302 |
| 9 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,250 | $100,712,576 |
| 10 | Barley Subsidies | 9,648 | $77,367,302 |
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