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Originally published Vol. 1,
Issue 4 (September 2003)—updated May 2007
Mitchell
Morehart
Geographic
distribution of government payments as a proportion
of gross cash income from farming. A substantial
proportion of government payments to farmers is
based on historical production of specific commodities,
such as corn, oilseeds, wheat, rice, and cotton.
Thus, payments represent a higher share of cash
income in those areas of the country where production
of these commodities is concentrated. Government
payments to farmers were a record $24.3 billion
in 2005, making them a significant component of
farm income in many crop-growing regions of the
country.
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