Farm Subsidy information
Tennessee
Tennessee Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Tennessee, 2008
Tennessee Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Tennessee ranking: 25 of 50 States
- 74 percent of farms in Tennessee did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Tennessee, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 24,100 | $51,750,532 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 2,974 | $38,439,722 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 8,300 | $24,161,036 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 5,552 | $14,759,956 |
| 5 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 7,612 | $13,160,163 |
| 6 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 13,124 | $10,823,619 |
| 7 | Loan Deficiency | 248 | $2,576,368 |
| 8 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 75 | $1,341,551 |
| 9 | Emergency Conservation Program | 306 | $901,509 |
| 10 | Market Gains | 168 | $833,980 |
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