By The Numbers
A Level Playing Field? {Fall, 2010}
16 - Georgia’s rank for receiving the most USDA farm subsidies
82 – percent of all subsidy payments that went to top 10 percent of Georgia farms, amounting to $4.15 billion over 15 years.
$2.6 billion - Subsidies to Georgia cotton farmers between 1995 and 2009
$1.3 billion – Subsidies to Georgia peanut farmers between 1995 and 2009
$678 million –Direct payments to Georgia farmers on an emergency basis because crop yields were abnormally low due to adverse growing conditions, between 1995 and 2009
$316 million - Subsidies to Georgia corn farmers between 1995 and 2009
$226 million – Payments to Georgia farmers and ranchers to address soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost-effective manner, between 1995 and 2009.
$226 million - Subsidies to Georgia wheat farmers between 1995 and 2009
$117 million - Subsidies to Georgia livestock producers between 1995 and 2009
$68 million - Financial assistance provided to Georgia farmers to help develop conservation plans and implement conservation practices through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program between 1995 and 2009.
$48 million - Subsidies to Georgia soybean farmers between 1995 and 2009.
$47 million - Subsidies to Georgia tobacco farmers between 1995 and 2009.
70 – Percent of Georgia farmers who did not collect subsidy payments.
To find USDA farm subsidies distributed in your county, go to http://farm.ewg.org/
Source: The Environmental Working Group.