Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2008
Illinois Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Illinois ranking: 3 of 50 States
- 33 percent of farms in Illinois did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Illinois, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 101,937 | $458,737,709 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 47,711 | $119,309,650 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 11,860 | $35,751,046 |
| 4 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 4,695 | $3,225,548 |
| 5 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 30 | $177,216 |
| 6 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 17 | $68,874 |
| 7 | Counter Cyclical Program | 15 | $62,694 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 5 | $45,329 |
| 9 | Loan Deficiency | 342 | $32,446 |
| 10 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 17 | $30,806 |
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