Farm Subsidy information
La Plata County, Colorado
La Plata County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, La Plata County, Colorado, 2017
La Plata 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 La Plata County, Colorado, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 58 | $485,921 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 41 | $69,311 |
| 3 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 2 | $29,259 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 7 | $22,478 |
| 5 | CCC Organic Programs | 4 | $3,143 |
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