Farm Subsidy information
Dawson County, Montana
Dawson County, Montana Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Dawson County, Montana, 2008
Dawson County, Montana Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Montana ranking: 18 of 50 States
- 61 percent of farms in Montana did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Dawson County, Montana, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 235 | $2,830,787 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 570 | $2,457,811 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 180 | $566,663 |
| 4 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 264 | $305,552 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 23 | $45,523 |
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