USDA Farm Programs

Commodity support, conservation, disaster assistance, and crop insurance programs. Program descriptions are compiled from USDA program documentation; payment figures elsewhere on this site come from USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics. See our methodology.

🌽 Commodity Programs

Price support and revenue protection programs that help farmers manage commodity price and revenue risks.

ARC

Agriculture Risk Coverage

ARC provides revenue protection to farmers when commodity revenues fall below benchmark levels. Includes ARC-County (ARC-CO) and ARC-Individual (ARC-IC) options.
CCC

CCC Loans and Purchases

Non-recourse commodity loans providing price floor.
DMC

Dairy Margin Coverage

Payments when milk-feed margin falls below threshold.
DPP

Dairy Margin Protection Program

The Dairy Margin Protection Program provides protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost falls below a certain dollar amount.
LDP

Loan Deficiency Payments

Payments when market prices are below loan rates.
PLC

Price Loss Coverage

PLC provides payments when the effective price for a covered commodity falls below the effective reference price. Introduced in the 2014 Farm Bill.
SDP

Sugar Price Support Program

Price support for sugarcane and sugar beets.

🌿 Conservation Programs

Programs that pay farmers to protect land, water quality, and natural resources.

ACEP

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

Financial assistance to conserve agricultural lands and wetlands through easements.
CRP

Conservation Reserve Program

CRP pays farmers to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality. The largest private-land conservation program in the US.
CSP

Conservation Stewardship Program

CSP encourages farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to address resource concerns by undertaking additional conservation activities and improving, maintaining, and managing existing conservation practices.
EQIP

Environmental Quality Incentives Program

EQIP provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns.
RCPP

Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Coordination of conservation activities through partnerships.
WRP

Wetlands Reserve Program

Restore and protect wetlands on private land.

⛈️ Disaster & Emergency Programs

Ad hoc and emergency payments for weather disasters, market disruptions, and pandemic recovery.

CFAP2

CFAP Round 2

Second round of coronavirus food assistance.
CFAP

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

CFAP provided direct support to farmers, ranchers, and producers who faced challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Authorized $16 billion in direct payments.
ELAP

Emergency Assistance for Livestock

Emergency assistance not covered by other programs.
ERP

Emergency Relief Program

ERP provides payments to agricultural producers who suffered losses due to wildfires, droughts, floods, and other qualifying natural disasters.
ERP2

Emergency Relief Program Phase 2

Revenue-based payments for 2020-2021 revenue decreases.
LFP

Livestock Forage Disaster Program

LFP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who suffer grazing losses due to drought or fire on federally managed lands.
MFP

Market Facilitation Program

MFP provided payments to agricultural producers who faced market disruptions from retaliatory tariffs by foreign governments in 2018-2019. Total payments exceeded $20 billion.
NAP

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance

Coverage for crops not eligible for crop insurance.
TAP2

Tree Assistance Program

Financial assistance to replant trees damaged by disasters.
WHIP

Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program

Payments for wildfire and hurricane losses.

🛡️ Crop Insurance

CROP_INS

Federal Crop Insurance

The Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) offers risk management tools to protect against crop loss from natural disasters or commodity price declines.

🏦 Credit Programs

BFRDP

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development

Education and mentoring for beginning farmers.
FSA-DL

FSA Direct Farm Loans

Direct loans to farmers who cannot obtain commercial credit.
FSA-GL

FSA Guaranteed Farm Loans

USDA guarantees commercial lender loans to farmers.

🥗 Nutrition Programs

TEFAP

Emergency Food Assistance Program

Distributes USDA commodity foods to food banks.
SFC

Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Provides low-income seniors with coupons for farmers markets.
SNAP-ED

SNAP Education

Nutrition education for SNAP recipients.

🔬 Research Programs

AFRI

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

Flagship competitive grants program.
SBIR

USDA SBIR Program

Funds innovative solutions to agricultural challenges.

🏘️ Rural Development Programs

FLP

Farm Labor Housing Program

Loans and grants for farmworker housing.
REAP

Rural Energy for America Program

Funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
VPA

Value-Added Producer Grants

Helps producers enter value-added activities.
Program data sourced from USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics. Payment amounts reflect state-level aggregates, 1995–2024.

Download the farm-payment statistics extract cited on this page: farm-payment-statistics.csv (USDA ERS · public domain / CC0).

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.

Every figure on PlainFarmData is rendered from USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics (state and national payments) or the USDA NASS Census of Agriculture (county farm structure), depending on the page, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.