Farm Subsidy information
Butler County, Pennsylvania
Butler County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Butler County, Pennsylvania, 2012
Butler 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 Butler County, Pennsylvania, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 211 | $362,568 |
| 2 | Dairy Programs | 42 | $288,428 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 121 | $278,720 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 1 | $2,656 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 1 | $566 |
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