Farm Subsidy information
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Pennsylvania, 2008
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Pennsylvania ranking: 29 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Pennsylvania did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Pennsylvania, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 7,350 | $30,192,408 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 10,331 | $23,515,594 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 2,782 | $12,662,392 |
| 4 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 2,864 | $2,560,489 |
| 5 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 58 | $190,030 |
| 6 | Emergency Conservation Program | 25 | $126,963 |
| 7 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 131 | $112,094 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 22 | $108,513 |
| 9 | Loan Deficiency | 178 | $27,322 |
| 10 | Counter Cyclical Program | 2 | $11,288 |
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