Direct government payments to farm producers, 2015-20F

$ billion (nominal)

Area graph with 6 groups and 5 items per group.

Group 1, 2015, Total value of 10.804486.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 1.810532 which is 16.8% of 2015.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 0 which is .0% of 2015.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 5.354577 which is 49.6% of 2015.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of 0.020449 which is .2% of 2015.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 3.618928 which is 33.5% of 2015.
Group 2, 2016, Total value of 12.979676.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 1.000138 which is 7.7% of 2016.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 0 which is .0% of 2016.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 8.220048 which is 63.3% of 2016.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of -0.004473 which is -.0% of 2016.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 3.763963 which is 29.0% of 2016.
Group 3, 2017, Total value of 11.531611.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 0.68409 which is 5.9% of 2017.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 0 which is .0% of 2017.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 7.02235 which is 60.9% of 2017.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of 0.001 which is .0% of 2017.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 3.824171 which is 33.2% of 2017.
Group 4, 2018, Total value of 13.669009.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 1.132877 which is 8.3% of 2018.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 5.127345 which is 37.5% of 2018.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 3.423248 which is 25.0% of 2018.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of -9.77E-4 which is -.0% of 2018.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 3.986516 which is 29.2% of 2018.
Group 5, 2019, Total value of 22.4472.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 1.458474 which is 6.5% of 2019.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 14.202517 which is 63.3% of 2019.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 2.95715 which is 13.2% of 2019.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of -0.001333 which is -.0% of 2019.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 3.830392 which is 17.1% of 2019.
Group 6, 2020F, Total value of 46.477192.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 32.45897 which is 69.8% of 2020F.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 3.720273 which is 8.0% of 2020F.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 6.452949 which is 13.9% of 2020F.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of 0 which is .0% of 2020F.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 3.845 which is 8.3% of 2020F.

Note: F = forecast. 1/ "All other program payments" includes supplemental and ad hoc disaster assistance, which in 2020 includes payments from Coronavirus Food Assistance Programs and the Paycheck Protection Program. 2/ Includes Price Loss Coverage, Agriculture Risk Coverage, loan deficiency payments (excluding grazeout payments), marketing loan gains, certificate exchange gains, and dairy payments. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service, Farm Income and Wealth Statistics. Data as of December 2, 2020.