Farm Subsidy information
Monroe County, Iowa
Monroe County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2018
Total Subsidies, Monroe County, Iowa, 2018
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, 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 451 | $6,047,687 |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 132 | $1,409,732 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 215 | $789,911 |
| 4 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 55 | $69,952 |
| 5 | Margin Protection Program | 1 | $28,740 |
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