Farm Subsidy information
Kentucky
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Kentucky, 2012
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Kentucky ranking: 24 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in Kentucky did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 8,998 | $41,636,583 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 29,600 | $41,459,796 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 29,822 | $40,620,494 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 1,585 | $29,633,014 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 1,165 | $7,387,190 |
| 6 | Dairy Programs | 761 | $5,257,984 |
| 7 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 88 | $421,343 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 53 | $342,379 |
| 9 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 29 | $172,711 |
| 10 | Tree Assistance Program | 2 | $114,065 |
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