Article via the New Hampshire Bulletin

"WASHINGTON – The top 10 percent of recipients of federal farm payments raked in more than 79 percent of total subsidies over the last 25 years – producing billions of dollars for a relatively small group of U.S. producers, according to a new analysis of federal data from an environmental group.

In total, the federal government paid more than $478 billion from 2015 to 2021 in farm support for crop insurance, disasters, conservation payments, and subsidies for certain crops like corn and soybeans, according to the analysis of federal data the Environmental Working Group released Wednesday. 

The U.S. Agriculture Department programs support hundreds of thousands of producers across the country. But a select group of super collectors is bringing in an outsized portion of farm subsidies. 

The top 1 percent collected 27 percent of total subsidies between 1995 and 2021, according to the report." READ MORE