Farm Subsidy information
Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2023
Total Subsidies, Elbert County, Colorado, 2023
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, 2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2023 |
Subsidy Total 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 110 | $1,053,050 |
| 2 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 167 | $729,459 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 45 | $383,689 |
| 4 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 4 | $161,694 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 1 | $47,717 |
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