Farm Subsidy information
Texas
Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Texas, 2008
Texas Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Texas ranking: 1 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in Texas did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Texas, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 67,242 | $403,007,752 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 25,649 | $212,791,606 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 44,469 | $205,014,251 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 18,764 | $143,053,930 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 21,001 | $39,200,886 |
| 6 | Market Gains | 2,385 | $12,562,955 |
| 7 | Loan Deficiency | 1,789 | $10,172,779 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1,007 | $3,254,495 |
| 9 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 63 | $1,173,219 |
| 10 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 54 | $585,823 |
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