Farm Subsidy information
Iowa
Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Iowa, 2012
Iowa Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Iowa ranking: 2 of 50 States
- 29 percent of farms in Iowa did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Iowa, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 66,710 | $400,855,292 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 52,868 | $219,939,947 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 12,198 | $68,282,382 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 3,631 | $54,496,490 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 1,655 | $15,890,532 |
| 6 | Emergency Conservation Program | 370 | $3,686,115 |
| 7 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 270 | $1,585,119 |
| 8 | Biomass Crop Assistance Program | 27 | $465,112 |
| 9 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 14 | $304,802 |
| 10 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 6 | $151,449 |
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