Farm Subsidy information
McCracken County, Kentucky
McCracken County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, McCracken County, Kentucky, 2012
McCracken 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 McCracken County, Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 341 | $504,749 |
| 2 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 14 | $420,935 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 111 | $219,340 |
| 4 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 98 | $153,550 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 4 | $16,593 |
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