Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2015
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, 2015:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2015 |
Subsidy Total 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 24,370 | $494,137,647 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 44,828 | $143,751,851 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 3,331 | $107,651,391 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 10,193 | $15,299,529 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 1,292 | $4,455,417 |
| 6 | Livestock Subsidies | 1,308 | $3,835,311 |
| 7 | Sorghum Subsidies | 312 | $815,181 |
| 8 | Rice Subsidies | 7 | $116,246 |
| 9 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 26 | $57,890 |
| 10 | Tree Subsidies | 5 | $36,375 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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