Farm Subsidy information
Mercer County, Illinois
Mercer County, Illinois Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2015
Total Subsidies, Mercer County, Illinois, 2015
Mercer 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 Mercer County, Illinois, 2015:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2015 |
Subsidy Total 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 678 | $8,303,345 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 606 | $2,745,097 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 4 | $23,411 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 3 | $8,923 |
| 5 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 1 | $930 |
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