Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, the United States, 1995-2017
The United States Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- 62 percent of farms in United States did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in the United States, 1995-2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2017 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 1,866,944 | $111,174,599,576 |
| 2 | Wheat Subsidies | 1,574,743 | $45,917,496,482 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,028,328 | $40,567,562,200 |
| 4 | Cotton Subsidies | 304,378 | $38,316,408,618 |
| 5 | Soybean Subsidies | 1,212,252 | $37,446,312,931 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 1,511,440 | $31,735,208,773 |
| 7 | Rice Subsidies | 84,098 | $16,156,337,155 |
| 8 | Livestock Subsidies | 934,707 | $10,780,612,641 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 704,262 | $8,371,383,970 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 163,032 | $5,582,461,736 |
| 11 | Peanut Subsidies | 103,781 | $5,435,751,340 |
| 12 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 279,783 | $4,236,241,343 |
| 13 | Barley Subsidies | 388,968 | $3,081,857,523 |
| 14 | Tobacco Subsidies | 405,078 | $1,895,477,983 |
| 15 | Price Loss Coverage - Wheat | 199,203 | $1,778,904,421 |
| 16 | Sunflower Subsidies | 76,790 | $1,269,909,835 |
| 17 | Canola Subsidies | 26,633 | $879,930,816 |
| 18 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 6,491 | $532,964,046 |
| 19 | Oat Subsidies | 715,518 | $367,419,593 |
| 20 | Apple Subsidies | 8,586 | $261,540,987 |
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