Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 1995-2016
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, 1995-2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2016 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat Subsidies | 32,948 | $1,751,200,817 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 17,415 | $1,596,178,667 |
| 3 | Corn Subsidies | 19,235 | $1,553,119,915 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 26,657 | $907,726,807 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 13,099 | $281,593,030 |
| 6 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 9,198 | $166,312,364 |
| 7 | Sorghum Subsidies | 11,375 | $159,519,813 |
| 8 | Barley Subsidies | 17,856 | $84,332,290 |
| 9 | Sunflower Subsidies | 4,761 | $65,183,119 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 446 | $32,789,360 |
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