Farm Subsidy information
Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Rockcastle County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2019
Total Subsidies, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, 2019
Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle County, Kentucky, 2019:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2019 |
Subsidy Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 26 | $252,012 |
| 2 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 9 | $19,599 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 41 | $8,052 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 2 | $3,935 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 11 | $1,986 |
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