Farm Subsidy information
Monroe County, Iowa
Monroe County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Monroe County, Iowa, 2017
Monroe 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 Monroe County, Iowa, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 466 | $5,118,728 |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 162 | $566,974 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 55 | $77,656 |
| 4 | Emergency Conservation Program | 11 | $48,178 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 166 | $28,568 |
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