Farm Subsidy information
Virginia
Virginia Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Virginia, 1995-2020‡
Virginia Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Virginia ranking: 32 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in Virginia did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Virginia, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 24,864 | $522,050,646 |
| 2 | Peanut Subsidies | 9,497 | $286,609,770 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 7,086 | $285,505,798 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 22,062 | $282,719,787 |
| 5 | Cotton Subsidies | 2,379 | $229,191,721 |
| 6 | Wheat Subsidies | 16,498 | $177,628,918 |
| 7 | Conservation Reserve Program | 9,422 | $150,485,672 |
| 8 | Tobacco Subsidies | 27,317 | $142,813,565 |
| 9 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 1,747 | $98,572,137 |
| 10 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 4,271 | $61,867,111 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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