Farm Subsidy information
Gaines County, Texas
Gaines County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Gaines County, Texas, 2008
Gaines 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 Gaines County, Texas, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter Cyclical Program | 890 | $14,015,485 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 845 | $12,329,398 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 533 | $6,105,625 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 588 | $5,860,935 |
| 5 | Market Gains | 136 | $1,686,724 |
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