Farm Subsidy information
Louisiana
Louisiana Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Louisiana, 1995-2020‡
Louisiana Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Louisiana ranking: 21 of 50 States
- 72 percent of farms in Louisiana did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Louisiana, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice Subsidies | 27,777 | $2,535,632,229 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 20,108 | $2,037,941,407 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 25,601 | $622,652,385 |
| 4 | Corn Subsidies | 19,149 | $466,575,937 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 8,624 | $414,613,450 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 25,704 | $375,704,535 |
| 7 | Wheat Subsidies | 22,473 | $161,926,446 |
| 8 | Price Loss Coverage Payments | 9,916 | $137,960,769 |
| 9 | Livestock Subsidies | 14,546 | $135,425,628 |
| 10 | Sorghum Subsidies | 19,257 | $118,027,116 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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