Farm Subsidy information
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2011
Berks County, 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 Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 349 | $1,094,384 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 193 | $645,186 |
| 3 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 4 | $24,915 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 5 | $13,592 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $1,096 |
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