Farm Subsidy information
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2018
Total Subsidies, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2018
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, 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margin Protection Program | 102 | $1,397,451 |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 180 | $1,330,316 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 144 | $662,624 |
| 4 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 106 | $233,407 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 72 | $19,912 |
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