Farm Subsidy information
Simpson County, Kentucky
Simpson County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Simpson County, Kentucky, 2012
Simpson 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 Simpson County, Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 403 | $966,705 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 71 | $700,607 |
| 3 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 22 | $694,606 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 74 | $411,556 |
| 5 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 170 | $276,012 |
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