Farm Subsidy information
Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Pottawattamie County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2013
Total Subsidies, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 2013
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, 2013:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2013 |
Subsidy Total 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 736 | $4,053,273 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 291 | $775,431 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 23 | $101,584 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 2 | $1,742 |
| 5 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 1 | $748 |
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