Farm Subsidy information
Hidalgo County, Texas
Hidalgo County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Hidalgo County, Texas, 2016
Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County, Texas, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 268 | $2,435,311 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 79 | $1,027,079 |
| 3 | Loan Deficiency | 67 | $973,107 |
| 4 | Cotton Ginning Program | 81 | $657,573 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 34 | $539,800 |
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