Farm Subsidy information
15th District of Illinois
(Rep. John Shimkus)
15th District Of Illinois (Rep. John Shimkus) Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, 15th District of Illinois (Rep. John Shimkus), 1995-2020‡
15th District Of Illinois (Rep. John Shimkus) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Illinois ranking: 3 of 50 States
- 33 percent of farms in Illinois did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 15th District of Illinois (Rep. John Shimkus), 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 69,828 | $2,623,158,228 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 59,351 | $1,018,908,519 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 31,728 | $812,558,491 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 46,635 | $360,032,839 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 21,105 | $154,458,985 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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