Farm Subsidy information
Madison County, Iowa
Madison County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Madison County, Iowa, 2017
Madison County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Iowa ranking: 2 of 50 States
- 29 percent of farms in Iowa did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Madison County, Iowa, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 556 | $4,987,041 |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 306 | $1,437,342 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 75 | $105,995 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 603 | $74,297 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 5 | $14,828 |
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