Farm Subsidy information
Polk County, Iowa
Polk County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2015
Total Subsidies, Polk County, Iowa, 2015
Polk 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 Polk County, Iowa, 2015:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2015 |
Subsidy Total 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 677 | $1,646,899 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 247 | $999,783 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 4 | $5,191 |
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