Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 2008
Colorado Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Colorado ranking: 19 of 50 States
- 77 percent of farms in Colorado did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Colorado, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 7,881 | $80,621,710 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 15,016 | $75,164,657 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 8,597 | $55,627,397 |
| 4 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 1,908 | $4,016,630 |
| 5 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 664 | $3,381,271 |
| 6 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 520 | $2,491,061 |
| 7 | Loan Deficiency | 203 | $559,327 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 218 | $350,189 |
| 9 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 13 | $183,984 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 474 | $82,366 |
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