Farm Subsidy information
Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Elbert County, Colorado, 1995-2020‡
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, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 464 | $30,861,864 |
| 2 | Wheat Subsidies | 757 | $30,505,990 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 702 | $16,304,061 |
| 4 | Livestock Subsidies | 516 | $8,783,775 |
| 5 | Corn Subsidies | 120 | $3,049,846 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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