Farm Subsidy information
Iowa
Iowa Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Iowa, 1995-2019‡
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, 1995-2019‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 197,912 | $19,444,130,614 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 150,642 | $6,149,297,424 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 123,866 | $5,452,973,367 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 69,121 | $803,020,355 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 43,275 | $266,566,944 |
| 6 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 6,950 | $197,439,509 |
| 7 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 11,215 | $126,629,110 |
| 8 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 525 | $46,909,919 |
| 9 | Wheat Subsidies | 22,436 | $34,548,730 |
| 10 | Oat Subsidies | 85,994 | $21,545,558 |
‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and April 30, 2019.
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