Farm Subsidy information
Mississippi
Mississippi Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Mississippi, 1995-2020‡
Mississippi Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Mississippi ranking: 14 of 50 States
- 59 percent of farms in Mississippi did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Mississippi, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 27,598 | $4,980,193,907 |
| 2 | Rice Subsidies | 4,089 | $1,309,826,335 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 34,495 | $1,072,935,730 |
| 4 | Soybean Subsidies | 16,870 | $1,033,737,461 |
| 5 | Corn Subsidies | 22,476 | $503,614,522 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 30,629 | $464,813,288 |
| 7 | Wheat Subsidies | 21,060 | $259,937,707 |
| 8 | Livestock Subsidies | 21,631 | $116,779,806 |
| 9 | Price Loss Coverage Payments | 4,225 | $107,781,913 |
| 10 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 13,082 | $104,525,754 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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