Farm Subsidy information
Alabama
Alabama Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Alabama, 2008
Alabama Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Alabama ranking: 27 of 50 States
- 63 percent of farms in Alabama did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Alabama, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 13,203 | $42,218,532 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 7,710 | $36,885,774 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 7,129 | $22,677,088 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 2,412 | $22,092,661 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 401 | $6,221,710 |
| 6 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 4,422 | $4,418,443 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 262 | $1,805,038 |
| 8 | Market Gains | 12 | $756,277 |
| 9 | Emergency Conservation Program | 210 | $600,413 |
| 10 | Tree Assistance Program | 105 | $348,449 |
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