Direct government payments to farm producers, 2015-21F

$ billion (nominal)

Area graph with 7 groups and 5 items per group.

Group 1, 2015, Total value of 8.993954.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of No data which is .0% 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 59.5% 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 40.2% 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 46.26552.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 32.094704 which is 69.4% of 2020F.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 3.732484 which is 8.1% of 2020F.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 6.55914 which is 14.2% of 2020F.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of 0 which is .0% of 2020F.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 3.879192 which is 8.4% of 2020F.
Group 7, 2021F, Total value of 25.294083.
Item 1, All other farm program payments 1/ value of 15.612627 which is 61.7% of 2021F.
Item 2, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 0.008485 which is .0% of 2021F.
Item 3, Payments that are a function of crop prices 2/ value of 5.47097 which is 21.6% of 2021F.
Item 4, Fixed payments 3/ value of 0 which is .0% of 2021F.
Item 5, Conservation payments value of 4.202 which is 16.6% of 2021F.

Note: F = forecast. 1/ "All other program payments" includes supplemental and ad hoc disaster assistance, which in 2020 and 2021 includes payments from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and the Paycheck Protection Program, and in 2021 also includes payments under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. 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 February 5, 2021.