Farm Subsidy information
Mercer County, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2010
Total Subsidies, Mercer County, Kentucky, 2010
Mercer 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 Mercer County, Kentucky, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2010 |
Subsidy Total 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 261 | $522,572 |
| 2 | Emergency Conservation Program | 111 | $258,672 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 166 | $153,686 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 34 | $12,387 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 23 | $9,449 |
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