Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2012
Illinois Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Illinois ranking: 3 of 50 States
- 26 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 | Corn Subsidies | 86,175 | $585,804,207 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 81,988 | $214,789,666 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 47,013 | $126,722,998 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 2,370 | $38,983,052 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 45,078 | $35,480,944 |
| 6 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 867 | $8,553,090 |
| 7 | Sorghum Subsidies | 9,548 | $3,165,679 |
| 8 | Livestock Subsidies | 42 | $286,026 |
| 9 | Rice Subsidies | 2 | $48,752 |
| 10 | Oat Subsidies | 5,115 | $45,425 |
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