Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2010
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, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2010 |
Subsidy Total 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 91,838 | $570,714,725 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 86,508 | $187,592,652 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 47,935 | $120,933,387 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 14,183 | $60,952,060 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 47,191 | $37,412,663 |
| 6 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 17 | $4,149,081 |
| 7 | Sorghum Subsidies | 9,957 | $3,198,471 |
| 8 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 123 | $1,345,165 |
| 9 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 1,053 | $1,181,212 |
| 10 | Oat Subsidies | 5,306 | $101,792 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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