Farm Subsidy information
Ballard County, Kentucky
Ballard County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Ballard County, Kentucky, 2011
Ballard County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Kentucky ranking: 24 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in Kentucky did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Ballard County, Kentucky, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 380 | $953,295 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 163 | $451,067 |
| 3 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 175 | $256,633 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 24 | $146,490 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1 | $99 |
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