Farm Subsidy information
4th District of Arkansas
(Rep. Bruce Westerman)
4th District Of Arkansas (Rep. Bruce Westerman) Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, 4th District of Arkansas (Rep. Bruce Westerman), 1995-2020‡
4th District Of Arkansas (Rep. Bruce Westerman) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Arkansas ranking: 11 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Arkansas did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 4th District of Arkansas (Rep. Bruce Westerman), 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice Subsidies | 2,083 | $346,941,689 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 1,923 | $237,110,149 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 11,905 | $199,050,701 |
| 4 | Livestock Subsidies | 10,146 | $134,707,253 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 4,023 | $66,518,500 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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