Farm Subsidy information
15th District of Texas
(Rep. Vicente Gonzalez)
15th District Of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez), 1995-2020‡
15th District Of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Texas ranking: 1 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in Texas did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez), 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disaster Payments | 4,072 | $117,649,180 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 1,379 | $106,398,148 |
| 3 | Sorghum Subsidies | 3,604 | $66,785,460 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 450 | $43,643,388 |
| 5 | Corn Subsidies | 3,295 | $40,641,011 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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