Farm Subsidy information
Butler County, Pennsylvania
Butler County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Butler County, Pennsylvania, 2009
Butler County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Pennsylvania ranking: 30 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Pennsylvania did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Butler County, Pennsylvania, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 47 | $736,741 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 219 | $369,246 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 122 | $248,857 |
| 4 | Loan Deficiency | 26 | $3,556 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 2 | $2,954 |
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