Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2012
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, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 76,914 | $316,822,523 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 47,013 | $126,722,998 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 18,369 | $85,124,568 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 2,356 | $38,883,870 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 867 | $8,553,090 |
| 6 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 39 | $265,402 |
| 7 | Emergency Conservation Program | 6 | $194,936 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 8 | $66,082 |
| 9 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 3 | $20,624 |
| 10 | Tree Assistance Program | 4 | $11,237 |
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