Farm Subsidy information
Somerset County, Maryland
Somerset County, Maryland Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2013
Total Subsidies, Somerset County, Maryland, 2013
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, 2013:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2013 |
Subsidy Total 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 177 | $524,627 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 84 | $422,838 |
| 3 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 8 | $64,033 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 10 | $36,868 |
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