Farm Subsidy information
Shelby County, Alabama
Shelby County, Alabama Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Shelby County, Alabama, 2016
Shelby County, 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 Shelby County, Alabama, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 85 | $367,354 |
| 2 | Market Gains | 14 | $217,643 |
| 3 | Cotton Ginning Program | 15 | $192,110 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 18 | $33,764 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 1 | $8,426 |
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