Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 1995-2021
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 1995-2021
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, 1995-2021:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2021 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 19,770 | $1,899,908,803 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 27,407 | $803,907,230 |
| 3 | Production Flexibility Program | 25,098 | $606,404,880 |
| 4 | Loan Deficiency | 19,811 | $372,390,401 |
| 5 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 14,450 | $363,449,913 |
| 6 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 16,409 | $331,920,370 |
| 7 | Market Loss Assistance Program | 22,275 | $317,282,756 |
| 8 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 11,191 | $300,272,133 |
| 9 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 6,438 | $284,069,569 |
| 10 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 1 | 7,345 | $214,338,739 |
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