Farmers receive support from the government via a multitude of subsidized insurance programs, margin protection schemes, and direct payments.
This is the chart we use to pro-rate subsidies to grain producers in order to determine the amount that’s subsidizing animal feed.
| 1995-2019 | Product | % we can attribute to livestock | source |
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 36% | * |
| 2 | Wheat Subsidies | 20% | & |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 70% | ** |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 33% | † |
| 7 | Rice Subsidies | 0% | |
| 8 | Livestock Subsidies | 100% | |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 90% | ~ |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 100% | |
| 12 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 0% | |
| 13 | Barley Subsidies | 50% | ‡ |
| 18 | Oat Subsidies | 95% | § |
& (wheat) – placeholder value until source can be found
** (soy) https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/coexistence-soybeans-factsheet.pdf
†(disaster) https://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=total_dis
~ (sorghum) https://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/grains-oilseeds/sorghum
‡ (barley) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226861704_Barley_Production_and_Consumption
§ (oat) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/is-the-livestock-industry-destroying-the-planet-11308007/
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn-and-other-feedgrains/feedgrains-sector-at-a-glance/