Direct government payments to U.S. farm producers, 2018–22F

Billion dollars (2022)

Stacked bar chart with 5 groups and 6 items per group.

Group 1, 2018, Total value of 13.66901.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ value of No data which is .0% of 2018.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ value of No data which is .0% of 2018.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 5.127345 which is 37.5% of 2018.
Item 4, All other payments value of 1.131901 which is 8.3% of 2018.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ value of 3.423248 which is 25.0% of 2018.
Item 6, Conservation payments value of 3.986516 which is 29.2% of 2018.
Group 2, 2019, Total value of 22.4472.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ value of No data which is .0% of 2019.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ value of No data which is .0% of 2019.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 14.202517 which is 63.3% of 2019.
Item 4, All other payments value of 1.457141 which is 6.5% of 2019.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ value of 2.95715 which is 13.2% of 2019.
Item 6, Conservation payments value of 3.830392 which is 17.1% of 2019.
Group 3, 2020, Total value of 45.55092.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ value of 23.527864 which is 51.7% of 2020.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ value of 5.846691 which is 12.8% of 2020.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 3.781689 which is 8.3% of 2020.
Item 4, All other payments value of 2.073624 which is 4.6% of 2020.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ value of 6.506357 which is 14.3% of 2020.
Item 6, Conservation payments value of 3.814693 which is 8.4% of 2020.
Group 4, 2021, Total value of 25.909904.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ value of 7.48817 which is 28.9% of 2021.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ value of 8.567678 which is 33.1% of 2021.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 0.018456 which is .1% of 2021.
Item 4, All other payments value of 2.929974 which is 11.3% of 2021.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ value of 3.372341 which is 13.0% of 2021.
Item 6, Conservation payments value of 3.533286 which is 13.6% of 2021.
Group 5, 2022F, Total value of 16.512196.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ value of 1.209591 which is 7.3% of 2022F.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ value of No data which is .0% of 2022F.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments value of 0.001018 which is .0% of 2022F.
Item 4, All other payments value of 10.690432 which is 64.7% of 2022F.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ value of 0.442461 which is 2.7% of 2022F.
Item 6, Conservation payments value of 4.168694 which is 25.2% of 2022F.

Notes: F = forecast. 1/ Includes payments from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and other USDA pandemic assistance for producers. 2/ Includes forgiven loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. 3/ 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 1, 2022.