Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 2009
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, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 7,663 | $77,021,918 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 13,576 | $66,067,490 |
| 3 | Dairy Programs | 139 | $7,477,327 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 632 | $3,813,018 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 348 | $2,894,885 |
| 6 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 54 | $1,562,898 |
| 7 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 135 | $1,346,974 |
| 8 | Loan Deficiency | 246 | $965,774 |
| 9 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 167 | $822,056 |
| 10 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 12 | $163,611 |
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