Farm Subsidy information
Blount County, Tennessee
Blount County, Tennessee Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2013
Total Subsidies, Blount County, Tennessee, 2013
Blount County, 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 Blount County, Tennessee, 2013:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2013 |
Subsidy Total 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 48 | $70,409 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 37 | $41,259 |
| 3 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 31 | $29,905 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 4 | $25,109 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 7 | $5,048 |
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