# Double Dipping: How Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers Twice for Crop Losses | Environmental Working Group

> An EWG analysis finds that federal crop insurance and ARC or PLC programs paid farmers multiple times for the same losses in 2014 and 2015, costing taxpayers about $23.9 billion. The report calls for reform of overlapping subsidy programs.

- Date: 2017-11-16 · published 2017-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67965-double-dipping-how-taxpayers-subsidize-farmers-twice-for-crop-losses
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Overlapping payments support farm incomes and can keep acreage in production, but reform debate does not immediately change supply or prices.

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-06-22 | [Triple dipping: How some farmers got paid three times for the same decreases in crop prices \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40919-triple-dipping-how-some-farmers-got-paid-three-times-for-the-same-decreases-in.md) | +1.4% | -9.8% |
| CORN | 2025-06-10 | [Triple dipping: Budget bill raises farm subsidies for wealthy farmers by billions of dollars \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24190-triple-dipping-budget-bill-raises-farm-subsidies-for-wealthy-farmers-by.md) | +0.7% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2016-11-28 | [Could Farm Policy Support Healthy Diets? \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73845-could-farm-policy-support-healthy-diets-environmental-working-group.md) | -3.4% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-07-30 | [USDA Bailout for Impact of Trump’s Tariffs Goes to Biggest, Richest Farmers \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58075-usda-bailout-for-impact-of-trump-s-tariffs-goes-to-biggest-richest-farmers.md) | -5.6% | -10.5% |
| CORN | 2016-12-09 | [How agriculture subsidies are hurting farmers, taxpayers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73465-how-agriculture-subsidies-are-hurting-farmers-taxpayers.md) | +2.4% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2022-06-22 | [Triple dipping: How some farmers got paid three times for the same decreases in crop prices \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40919-triple-dipping-how-some-farmers-got-paid-three-times-for-the-same-decreases-in.md) | -1.0% | -13.8% |
| SOY | 2025-06-10 | [Triple dipping: Budget bill raises farm subsidies for wealthy farmers by billions of dollars \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24190-triple-dipping-budget-bill-raises-farm-subsidies-for-wealthy-farmers-by.md) | +1.3% | -4.1% |
| SOY | 2016-11-28 | [Could Farm Policy Support Healthy Diets? \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73845-could-farm-policy-support-healthy-diets-environmental-working-group.md) | -1.8% | -5.4% |

## Sources

- ewg.org: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/double-dipping-how-taxpayers-subsidize-farmers-twice-crop-losses

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