Farm Subsidy information
Iowa
Iowa Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Iowa, 1995-2020‡
Iowa Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Iowa ranking: 2 of 50 States
- 29 percent of farms in Iowa did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Iowa, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 196,417 | $19,681,874,478 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 148,861 | $5,959,884,633 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 129,070 | $5,854,437,080 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 69,351 | $808,141,125 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 43,866 | $346,540,314 |
| 6 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 7,035 | $212,691,735 |
| 7 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 11,215 | $126,629,110 |
| 8 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 525 | $46,909,919 |
| 9 | Wheat Subsidies | 22,404 | $34,621,761 |
| 10 | Oat Subsidies | 85,994 | $21,632,001 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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