Farm Subsidy information
Ballard County, Kentucky
Ballard County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Ballard County, Kentucky, 2012
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, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 375 | $958,767 |
| 2 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 18 | $759,747 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 155 | $466,674 |
| 4 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 174 | $256,633 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 25 | $152,646 |
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