Farm Subsidy information
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2005
Total Subsidies, Pennsylvania, 2005
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Pennsylvania ranking: 30 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Pennsylvania did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Pennsylvania, 2005:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2005 |
Subsidy Total 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loan Deficiency | 7,039 | $42,794,817 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 11,240 | $24,464,663 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 6,022 | $23,368,591 |
| 4 | Counter Cyclical Program | 11,378 | $22,231,079 |
| 5 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 2,747 | $13,449,600 |
| 6 | Dairy Programs | 4,846 | $1,209,036 |
| 7 | Emergency Conservation Program | 257 | $717,714 |
| 8 | Market Gains | 194 | $683,970 |
| 9 | Commodity Certificates | 9 | $438,079 |
| 10 | Lamb Meat Adjustment Program | 400 | $134,861 |
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