Farm Subsidy information
South Dakota
South Dakota Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, South Dakota, 1995-2019‡
South Dakota Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- South Dakota ranking: 8 of 50 States
- 28 percent of farms in South Dakota did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in South Dakota, 1995-2019‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 63,656 | $6,347,301,772 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 45,373 | $3,035,513,104 |
| 3 | Wheat Subsidies | 48,552 | $2,376,805,528 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 35,415 | $1,747,257,544 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 47,764 | $1,700,254,334 |
| 6 | Livestock Subsidies | 30,354 | $687,972,625 |
| 7 | Sunflower Subsidies | 12,142 | $377,708,494 |
| 8 | Sorghum Subsidies | 17,849 | $180,827,402 |
| 9 | Barley Subsidies | 28,781 | $105,209,117 |
| 10 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 4,164 | $93,105,804 |
‡ 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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