Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Illinois, 2016
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, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 79,323 | $919,867,731 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 45,599 | $163,574,514 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 9,626 | $10,869,896 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 11 | $423,138 |
| 5 | Margin Protection Program | 187 | $360,470 |
| 6 | Direct Payment Program | 101 | $279,442 |
| 7 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 29 | $91,427 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 24 | $90,519 |
| 9 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 72 | $81,804 |
| 10 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 7 | $71,493 |
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