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FYI
The following are the subsidies by crop in 2004 in the United States.
Commodity US Dollars (in Millions) Percentage of Total
Feed Grains 2,841 35.4
Upland and ElS Cotton 1,420 17.7
Wheat 1,173 14.6
Rice 1,130 14.1
Soybeans and products 610 7.6
Dairy 295 3.7
Peanuts 259 3.2
Sugar 61 0.8
Minor Oilseeds 29 0.4
Tobacco 18 0.2
Wool and Mohair 12 0.1
Vegetable Oil products 11 0.1
Honey 3 0.0
Other Crops 160 2.0
Total 8,022 100
Source USDA 2006 Fiscal Year Budget[5]
Oh and you can increase that amount by the BS subsidies they have added for Ethanol production. About 3 billion more
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