Farm Subsidy information
Iowa
Iowa Farm Subsidy Information
Iowa Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Iowa ranking: 2 of 50 States
- 19 percent of farms in Iowa did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Iowa, 1995-2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2014 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 187,838 | $16,895,615,461 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 140,830 | $4,585,324,542 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 109,347 | $3,997,866,550 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 67,863 | $775,880,999 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 41,074 | $190,126,343 |
| 6 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 6,807 | $181,836,977 |
| 7 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 11,165 | $126,629,110 |
| 8 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 558 | $46,910,335 |
| 9 | Wheat Subsidies | 21,281 | $31,397,101 |
| 10 | Oat Subsidies | 83,202 | $17,281,663 |
Feeding the World Without GMOs:
Boondoggle:
Iowa's Low Hanging Fruit:
Washout Revisited:
Broken Stream Banks:
Losing Ground: