Farm Subsidy information
Merced County, California
Merced County, California Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2023
Total Subsidies, Merced County, California, 2023
Merced County, California Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- California ranking: 10 of 50 States
- 92 percent of farms in California did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Merced County, California, 2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2023 |
Subsidy Total 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 129 | $19,203,127 |
| 2 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 45 | $3,648,065 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 41 | $1,567,553 |
| 4 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 88 | $962,252 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 50 | $725,411 |
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