Farm Subsidy information
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Pennsylvania, 2018
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Pennsylvania ranking: 29 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Pennsylvania did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Pennsylvania, 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 2,256 | $28,112,528 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 2,319 | $21,146,172 |
| 3 | Corn Subsidies | 2,577 | $20,752,097 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 5,500 | $18,267,621 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 131 | $2,126,237 |
| 6 | Wheat Subsidies | 2,650 | $1,973,922 |
| 7 | Disaster Payments | 58 | $1,225,138 |
| 8 | Barley Subsidies | 1,570 | $425,289 |
| 9 | Oat Subsidies | 1,953 | $256,971 |
| 10 | Sorghum Subsidies | 254 | $124,151 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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