Farm Subsidy information
3rd District of Louisiana
(Rep. Clay Higgins)
3rd District Of Louisiana (Rep. Clay Higgins) Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, 3rd District of Louisiana (Rep. Clay Higgins), 1995-2020‡
3rd District Of Louisiana (Rep. Clay Higgins) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Louisiana ranking: 21 of 50 States
- 72 percent of farms in Louisiana did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 3rd District of Louisiana (Rep. Clay Higgins), 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice Subsidies | 18,167 | $1,376,132,907 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Payments | 4,889 | $62,091,064 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 4,741 | $33,900,115 |
| 4 | Soybean Subsidies | 7,651 | $23,392,970 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 2,076 | $22,788,085 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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