$147.29B in Farm Subsidies.
Every Dollar. Every Recipient.
The most comprehensive open database of U.S. farm subsidy payments — 31,759,593 payments across 157 programs, every state and county.
Data from USDA Farm Service Agency · 2017–2025 · Open data, no paywalls
🟢 9 years of data (2017–2025) · 31.8M payments · Last updated February 2026
Farm Subsidy Spending Timeline
2017–2025 · Key policy events marked
* 2025 is a partial year — only payments with a 2025 program year are included.
Explore by Year: 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
Historical Context
🌐 2018–2019: Trade War
US-China tariffs triggered the Market Facilitation Program — billions in direct payments to offset lost export markets.
Read analysis →🦠 2020: COVID Pandemic
CFAP programs pushed spending to $38.7B — the all-time peak — as supply chains collapsed and markets crashed.
Read analysis →🌪️ 2022–2024: Disasters
Drought, wildfires, and hurricanes drove ongoing emergency spending that kept payments elevated above pre-2018 levels.
Read analysis →Top 10 States by Subsidies
View all →| # | State | Total Subsidies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | $12.58B |
| 2 | Iowa | $11.68B |
| 3 | Kansas | $8.57B |
| 4 | Illinois | $8.31B |
| 5 | Minnesota | $8.15B |
| 6 | Nebraska | $8.00B |
| 7 | North Dakota | $7.70B |
| 8 | South Dakota | $6.80B |
| 9 | California | $6.18B |
| 10 | Missouri | $5.72B |
💡 In North Dakota, farm subsidies equal 69% of total farm income — the highest dependency rate in the nation. See the full analysis →
Largest Subsidy Programs
View all →CRP Annual Rental
6,291,255 payments
CFAP Round 2
1,072,969 payments
Price Loss Coverage Program
5,390,462 payments
Market Facilitation Program 2019
1,718,751 payments
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program
1,144,399 payments
Agriculture Risk Coverage (County)
5,724,854 payments
Market Facilitation Program (Crops)
967,735 payments
Livestock Forage Program
1,064,270 payments
Emergency Relief Program
597,814 payments
CFAP CARES Act
932,273 payments
Top Subsidy Recipients
View all →| # | Recipient | Location | Total Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Dept Of Emergency Management | Tallahassee, FL | $346.6M |
| 2 | American Crystal Sugar Co | Moorhead, MN | $82.3M |
| 3 | Cotton Council International | Washington, DC | $69.3M |
| 4 | The Western Sugar Cooperative | Denver, CO | $69.2M |
| 5 | Us Meat Export Federation | Denver, CO | $66.8M |
The Subsidy Gap
Florida Dept Of Emergency Management
across all 31,759,593 payments
zero subsidy payments
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Taxpayer Accountability
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Data Transparency
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Policy Insight
Emergency spending now dwarfs traditional programs. Trade wars and pandemics reshaped farm policy permanently.
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