Farm Subsidy information
Nicholas County, Kentucky
Nicholas County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2014
Total Subsidies, Nicholas County, Kentucky, 2014
Nicholas 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 Nicholas County, Kentucky, 2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2014 |
Subsidy Total 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 287 | $408,944 |
| 2 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 8 | $132,259 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 6 | $7,408 |
| 4 | Direct Payment Program | 2 | $811 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1 | $303 |
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