Direct Government payments to U.S. farm producers, 2020–24F

Billion dollars (nominal)

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

Group 1, 2020.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 23.527864.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ 5.881732.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 3.781689.
Item 4, All other payments 2.073624.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of prices 3/ 6.506357.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.814693.
Group 2, 2021.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 7.48817.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ 8.611689.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 0.018456.
Item 4, All other payments 2.929974.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of prices 3/ 3.372341.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.533286.
Group 3, 2022.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 0.182338.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ No data.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 0.001188.
Item 4, All other payments 11.332734.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of prices 3/ 0.505152.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.540035.
Group 4, 2023F.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 0.560155.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ No data.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 0.001335.
Item 4, All other payments 6.547627.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of prices 3/ 1.479328.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.586386.
Group 5, 2024F.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 0.03.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ No data.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments No data.
Item 4, All other payments 5.83765.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of prices 3/ 0.344385.
Item 6, Conservation payments 4.027583.

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 February 7, 2024.