Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 1995-2019‡
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, 1995-2019‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat Subsidies | 34,195 | $1,972,723,890 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 18,129 | $1,725,959,344 |
| 3 | Corn Subsidies | 20,092 | $1,695,504,366 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 27,316 | $946,546,212 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 13,572 | $303,420,599 |
| 6 | Sorghum Subsidies | 11,934 | $191,170,242 |
| 7 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 9,198 | $166,312,364 |
| 8 | Barley Subsidies | 18,279 | $89,853,785 |
| 9 | Sunflower Subsidies | 4,961 | $72,634,196 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 463 | $36,875,041 |
‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and April 30, 2019.
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