Farm Subsidy information
Pocahontas County, Iowa
Pocahontas County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Pocahontas County, Iowa, 2011
Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County, Iowa, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 1,039 | $5,379,857 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 755 | $1,376,850 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 274 | $1,093,409 |
| 4 | Biomass Crop Assistance Program | 5 | $243,241 |
| 5 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 2 | $77,807 |
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