Farm Subsidy information
Highlands County, Florida
Highlands County, Florida Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Highlands County, Florida, 2017
Highlands County, Florida Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Florida ranking: 27 of 50 States
- 92 percent of farms in Florida did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Highlands County, Florida, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 96 | $1,521,320 |
| 2 | Tree Assistance Program | 16 | $283,715 |
| 3 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 4 | $35,882 |
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