Farm Subsidy information
Somerset County, Maryland
Somerset County, Maryland Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2010
Total Subsidies, Somerset County, Maryland, 2010
Somerset County, Maryland Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Maryland ranking: 36 of 50 States
- 71 percent of farms in Maryland did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Somerset County, Maryland, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2010 |
Subsidy Total 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 188 | $546,910 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 83 | $409,379 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 13 | $204,865 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 1 | $19,036 |
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