Farm Subsidy information
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2017
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, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 227 | $1,887,871 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 154 | $678,093 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 86 | $237,764 |
| 4 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $1,096 |
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