Farm Subsidy information
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2012
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, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 161 | $2,070,590 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 343 | $1,110,864 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 176 | $546,388 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 5 | $14,006 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $1,096 |
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