Looks like the main method for direct livestock subsidies is commodity livestock purchases: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2022/02/usda-livestock-subs

Looks like the main method for direct livestock subsidies is commodity livestock purchases: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2022/02/usda-livestock-subsidies-near-50-billion-ewg-analysis-finds https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2022/02/usda-livestoc... This is dwarfed by feed subsidies. Feed subsidies don't convert directly to edible-food subsidies; the 'big five' staple crops are subsidized independent of 'specialty' crops, and the vast majority of corn is grown for feed and ethanol in the US, and is of a variety not used for any kind of human food production. https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/primer-agriculture-subsidies-and-their-influence-on-the-composition-of-u-s-food-supply-and-consumption/ https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/primer-agricult...