Farm Subsidy information
8th District of Arizona
(Rep. Debbie Lesko)
8th District Of Arizona (Rep. Debbie Lesko) Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, 8th District of Arizona (Rep. Debbie Lesko), 1995-2020‡
8th District Of Arizona (Rep. Debbie Lesko) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Arizona ranking: 35 of 50 States
- 96 percent of farms in Arizona did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 8th District of Arizona (Rep. Debbie Lesko), 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 91 | $45,732,280 |
| 2 | Disaster Payments | 31 | $2,797,115 |
| 3 | Wheat Subsidies | 81 | $2,641,446 |
| 4 | Livestock Subsidies | 14 | $1,743,823 |
| 5 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 7 | $1,084,211 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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