Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Information
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, 1995-2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2014 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat Subsidies | 31,924 | $1,626,080,588 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 16,753 | $1,462,870,021 |
| 3 | Corn Subsidies | 18,260 | $1,397,647,639 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 26,259 | $853,476,737 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 12,699 | $238,690,176 |
| 6 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 9,152 | $166,312,364 |
| 7 | Sorghum Subsidies | 11,066 | $138,916,371 |
| 8 | Barley Subsidies | 17,813 | $82,023,570 |
| 9 | Sunflower Subsidies | 4,516 | $61,918,513 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 444 | $32,434,722 |
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