Farm Subsidy information
Louisiana
Louisiana Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Louisiana, 1995-2019‡
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, 1995-2019‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice Subsidies | 27,777 | $2,529,106,568 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 20,141 | $2,030,417,092 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 25,830 | $616,506,242 |
| 4 | Corn Subsidies | 19,190 | $449,129,161 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 8,235 | $389,170,369 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 25,407 | $355,032,485 |
| 7 | Wheat Subsidies | 22,473 | $160,800,424 |
| 8 | Livestock Subsidies | 14,475 | $131,620,082 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 19,259 | $117,812,869 |
| 10 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 7,719 | $84,276,600 |
‡ 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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