Farm Subsidy information
Lee County, Illinois
Lee County, Illinois Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Lee County, Illinois, 1995-2020‡
Lee County, 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 Lee County, Illinois, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 2,870 | $374,835,381 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 2,276 | $77,286,021 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 948 | $18,587,595 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 711 | $4,953,362 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 905 | $3,378,461 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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