Farm Subsidy information
Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Pottawattamie County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2010
Total Subsidies, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 2010
Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2010 |
Subsidy Total 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 723 | $3,933,301 |
| 2 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 110 | $2,092,091 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 323 | $852,497 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 100 | $492,904 |
| 5 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 5 | $11,404 |
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