Farm Subsidy information
Tennessee
Tennessee Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Tennessee, 1995-2020‡
Tennessee Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Tennessee ranking: 25 of 50 States
- 74 percent of farms in Tennessee did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Tennessee, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 22,738 | $1,587,834,564 |
| 2 | Corn Subsidies | 53,855 | $799,338,268 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 31,146 | $622,064,169 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 18,355 | $385,983,880 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 54,514 | $353,361,974 |
| 6 | Wheat Subsidies | 38,380 | $332,344,162 |
| 7 | Livestock Subsidies | 44,998 | $143,700,578 |
| 8 | Tobacco Subsidies | 76,471 | $134,276,926 |
| 9 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 2,103 | $72,991,049 |
| 10 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 6,841 | $64,894,272 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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