Farm Subsidy information
Kentucky
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Kentucky, 1995-2020‡
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Kentucky ranking: 24 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in Kentucky did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Kentucky, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 93,283 | $1,867,100,436 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 23,580 | $854,808,727 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 35,673 | $791,010,873 |
| 4 | Tobacco Subsidies | 147,518 | $506,245,655 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 45,173 | $409,250,435 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 63,619 | $325,925,411 |
| 7 | Livestock Subsidies | 52,819 | $151,175,856 |
| 8 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 4,314 | $88,481,915 |
| 9 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 6,343 | $63,886,247 |
| 10 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 91 | $31,857,019 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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