Farm Subsidy information
Illinois
Illinois Farm Subsidy Information
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 | Corn Subsidies | 80,906 | $1,010,472,643 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 58,032 | $239,137,834 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 45,569 | $163,593,927 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 32,018 | $29,777,559 |
| 5 | Sorghum Subsidies | 5,482 | $2,459,452 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 114 | $621,142 |
| 7 | Oat Subsidies | 4,946 | $384,942 |
| 8 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 187 | $360,470 |
| 9 | Rice Subsidies | 8 | $301,026 |
| 10 | Livestock Subsidies | 81 | $170,939 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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