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

$ billion (nominal)

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

Group 1, 2018.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ No data.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ No data.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 5.127345.
Item 4, All other payments 1.131901.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ 3.423248.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.986516.
Group 2, 2019.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ No data.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ No data.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 14.202517.
Item 4, All other payments 1.457141.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ 2.95715.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.830392.
Group 3, 2020.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 23.527864.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ 5.983498.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 3.781689.
Item 4, All other payments 2.073624.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ 6.506357.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.814693.
Group 4, 2021F.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 7.796549.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ 8.728158.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 0.083894.
Item 4, All other payments 3.247367.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ 3.367727.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.915192.
Group 5, 2022F.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 3.404402.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ No data.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments No data.
Item 4, All other payments 2.791727.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ 1.28609.
Item 6, Conservation payments 4.2.

Notes: F = forecast.
1/ Includes payments from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and other USDA pandemic assistance for producers.
2/ Includes 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 February 4, 2022.