Farm Subsidy information
Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Elbert County, Colorado, 2016
Elbert County, 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 Elbert County, Colorado, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 126 | $1,132,130 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 194 | $576,920 |
| 3 | Loan Deficiency | 56 | $216,944 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 2 | $57,615 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 13 | $4,437 |
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