Farm Subsidy information
El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2015
Total Subsidies, El Paso County, Colorado, 2015
El Paso 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 El Paso County, Colorado, 2015:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2015 |
Subsidy Total 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 29 | $516,519 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 60 | $439,089 |
| 3 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 2 | $33,919 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 6 | $15,770 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 5 | $6,792 |
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