Farm Subsidy information
Mercer County, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Mercer County, Kentucky, 2017
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, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 90 | $211,645 |
| 2 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 26 | $63,639 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 51 | $47,224 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 11 | $14,792 |
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