Farm Subsidy information
Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Elbert County, Colorado, 2011
Elbert County, 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 Elbert County, Colorado, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 132 | $1,228,286 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 246 | $608,864 |
| 3 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 28 | $110,906 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 6 | $70,623 |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 2 | $2,052 |
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