Direct government payments to U.S. farm producers, 2017–21F

$ billion (nominal)

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

Group 1, 2017.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ No data.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ No data.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments No data.
Item 4, All other payments 0.68509.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ 7.02235.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.824171.
Group 2, 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 3, 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 4, 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 5, 2021F.
Item 1, USDA pandemic assistance 1/ 8.040248.
Item 2, Non-USDA pandemic assistance 2/ 8.728158.
Item 3, Market Facilitation Program payments 0.083894.
Item 4, All other payments 3.11709.
Item 5, Payments that are a function of crop prices 3/ 3.276281.
Item 6, Conservation payments 3.964.

Note: 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 December 1, 2021.