Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 2020
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, 2020:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2020 |
Subsidy Total 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disaster Payments | 180 | $5,644,474 |
| 2 | Livestock Subsidies | 214 | $3,463,997 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 401 | $2,008,395 |
| 4 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 64 | $954,903 |
| 5 | Price Loss Coverage Payments | 201 | $367,929 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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