Farm Subsidy information
Highlands County, Florida
Highlands County, Florida Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 1995-2023
Total Subsidies, Highlands County, Florida, 1995-2023
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, 1995-2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2023 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 486 | $27,189,509 |
| 2 | Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments | 205 | $10,883,106 |
| 3 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 258 | $9,747,997 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 173 | $6,800,434 |
| 5 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 77 | $6,307,166 |
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