Farm Subsidy information
Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2019
Total Subsidies, Elbert County, Colorado, 2019
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, 2019:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2019 |
Subsidy Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 130 | $1,066,447 |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 87 | $837,349 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 188 | $405,979 |
| 4 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 20 | $175,316 |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 48 | $108,313 |
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