Farm Subsidy information
Montana
Montana Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Montana, 2016
Montana Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Montana ranking: 18 of 50 States
- 61 percent of farms in Montana did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Montana, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat Subsidies | 11,833 | $160,384,401 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,324 | $42,632,144 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 1,719 | $21,104,535 |
| 4 | Livestock Subsidies | 1,177 | $12,596,958 |
| 5 | Barley Subsidies | 677 | $11,469,225 |
| 6 | Corn Subsidies | 1,141 | $1,865,965 |
| 7 | Canola Subsidies | 380 | $1,505,784 |
| 8 | Oat Subsidies | 4,000 | $1,022,216 |
| 9 | Dry Pea Subsidies | 316 | $792,756 |
| 10 | Mustard Seed Subsidies | 33 | $715,896 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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