Farm Subsidy information
Ballard County, Kentucky
Ballard County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2019
Total Subsidies, Ballard County, Kentucky, 2019
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, 2019:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2019 |
Subsidy Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 316 | $3,699,960 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 250 | $411,670 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 79 | $133,971 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 1 | $12,310 |
| 5 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 21 | $4,126 |
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