Farm Subsidy information
Cass County, Illinois
Cass County, Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Cass County, Illinois, 2012
Cass County, Illinois Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Illinois ranking: 3 of 50 States
- 33 percent of farms in Illinois did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Cass County, Illinois, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 514 | $1,919,915 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 471 | $1,866,952 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 198 | $832,638 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 1 | $10,549 |
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