Farm Subsidy information
Mitchell County, Iowa
Mitchell County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Mitchell County, Iowa, 2017
Mitchell County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Iowa ranking: 2 of 50 States
- 29 percent of farms in Iowa did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Mitchell County, Iowa, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 708 | $5,039,290 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 478 | $1,954,927 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 0 | $1,308,778 |
| 4 | Oat Subsidies | 127 | $15,851 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 2 | $4,373 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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