Farm Subsidies: Commodity Subcommittee Breakdown
Tomorrow, the House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management will mark up Title I of the Farm Bill. This will present the members with an historic opportunity to move the farm bill into the 21st century, ensuring an equitable distribution of resources across crops and farmers, while providing additional funds for conservation, nutrition and energy. The 18 members on the Subcommittee (out of 435 members in the House, or 4 percent) received $10.013 billion in farm subsidies from 2003 through 2005. This constitutes 23.2 percent of total subsidies nationwide. Of the five programs targeted for payment limits, these 18 members receive $8.227 billion, 23.7 percent of the nationwide total for these programs. Download the documents below (PDF alert) for a complete state by state ranking of subsidy recipients and how the payments are distributed in the districts of those members on the Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
