Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 1995-2017
Colorado Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Colorado ranking: 19 of 50 States
- 69 percent of farms in Colorado did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Colorado, 1995-2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2017 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat Subsidies | 33,519 | $1,887,629,300 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 17,774 | $1,661,053,851 |
| 3 | Corn Subsidies | 19,607 | $1,640,483,657 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 26,842 | $916,302,806 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 13,105 | $281,608,071 |
| 6 | Sorghum Subsidies | 11,550 | $172,351,806 |
| 7 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 9,198 | $166,312,364 |
| 8 | Price Loss Coverage - Wheat | 8,503 | $117,393,821 |
| 9 | Barley Subsidies | 17,874 | $85,550,209 |
| 10 | Sunflower Subsidies | 4,844 | $68,896,452 |
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