The total rice output of the United States is worth US $ 1.2 billion and the subsidies paid to rice growers stands at US $ 1.4 billion?

http://www.indiatogether.org/2005/apr/dsh-subsidies.htm

 

US rice is dumped on overseas markets at 34% below its cost of production.

Half of all US rice farms could not cover their costs were it not for government subsidies.

  • http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/mtf/povertyhistory/subsidies.html