Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 2016
Colorado Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Colorado ranking: 19 of 50 States
- 77 percent of farms in Colorado did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Colorado, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 5,992 | $91,198,931 |
| 2 | Wheat Subsidies | 10,019 | $89,629,216 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 6,449 | $65,673,071 |
| 4 | Sorghum Subsidies | 2,031 | $10,871,652 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 314 | $4,861,785 |
| 6 | Barley Subsidies | 333 | $2,480,582 |
| 7 | Sunflower Subsidies | 896 | $1,882,992 |
| 8 | Livestock Subsidies | 87 | $592,585 |
| 9 | Oat Subsidies | 1,607 | $343,437 |
| 10 | Soybean Subsidies | 51 | $310,848 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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