Farm Subsidy information
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2016
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, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 155 | $675,234 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 242 | $489,085 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 83 | $76,694 |
| 4 | Margin Protection Program | 19 | $48,295 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $1,096 |
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