Farm Subsidy information
Otero County, Colorado
Otero County, Colorado Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2019
Total Subsidies, Otero County, Colorado, 2019
Otero 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 Otero County, Colorado, 2019:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2019 |
Subsidy Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 149 | $2,900,666 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 214 | $1,166,562 |
| 3 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 236 | $710,075 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 18 | $101,699 |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 17 | $86,052 |
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