Farm Subsidy information
Colorado
Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2014
Total Subsidies, Colorado, 2014
Colorado Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Colorado ranking: 19 of 50 States
- 77 percent of farms in Colorado did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Colorado, 2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2014 |
Subsidy Total 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 3,141 | $138,800,043 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 6,694 | $70,559,017 |
| 3 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1,482 | $15,948,731 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 143 | $3,333,048 |
| 5 | Direct Payment Program | 821 | $2,120,036 |
| 6 | Emergency Conservation Program | 119 | $1,679,474 |
| 7 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 56 | $1,207,876 |
| 8 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 40 | $553,062 |
| 9 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 20 | $333,662 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 12 | $199,604 |
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