Farm Subsidy information
Briscoe County, Texas
Briscoe County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Briscoe County, Texas, 2008
Briscoe County, 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 Briscoe County, Texas, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 340 | $1,733,742 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 227 | $1,568,943 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 209 | $1,271,009 |
| 4 | Counter Cyclical Program | 331 | $1,198,586 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 43 | $69,357 |
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