Farm Subsidy information
Union County, Iowa
Union County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2014
Total Subsidies, Union County, Iowa, 2014
Union 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 Union County, Iowa, 2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2014 |
Subsidy Total 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 257 | $2,017,148 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 176 | $1,024,909 |
| 3 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 6 | $41,905 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 7 | $24,504 |
| 5 | Direct Payment Program | 20 | $6,218 |
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