Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, the United States, 1995-2020‡
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, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 1,890,890 | $116,570,999,819 |
| 2 | Wheat Subsidies | 1,595,912 | $48,445,878,970 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 1,255,610 | $44,940,426,399 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,078,601 | $44,430,504,981 |
| 5 | Cotton Subsidies | 307,073 | $40,080,571,699 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 1,553,322 | $34,085,403,134 |
| 7 | Rice Subsidies | 85,723 | $16,841,106,496 |
| 8 | Livestock Subsidies | 977,870 | $12,458,279,639 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 713,299 | $8,965,549,426 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 168,298 | $6,374,052,667 |
| 11 | Peanut Subsidies | 105,385 | $5,904,163,618 |
| 12 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 279,783 | $4,236,241,343 |
| 13 | Barley Subsidies | 398,927 | $3,227,560,234 |
| 14 | Price Loss Coverage Payments | 288,884 | $1,971,978,865 |
| 15 | Tobacco Subsidies | 405,078 | $1,895,477,983 |
| 16 | Sunflower Subsidies | 78,470 | $1,364,247,406 |
| 17 | Canola Subsidies | 27,297 | $1,032,858,148 |
| 18 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 6,491 | $532,964,046 |
| 19 | Oat Subsidies | 718,523 | $389,498,681 |
| 20 | Apple Subsidies | 8,586 | $261,540,987 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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