Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2015
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 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 30,733 | $230,387,107 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 44,862 | $143,738,681 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 1,213 | $3,329,743 |
| 4 | Direct Payment Program | 229 | $918,934 |
| 5 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 9 | $535,618 |
| 6 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 47 | $381,995 |
| 7 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 31 | $319,105 |
| 8 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 73 | $239,480 |
| 9 | Emergency Conservation Program | 4 | $233,705 |
| 10 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 13 | $196,403 |
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