Farm Subsidy information
Polk County, Iowa
Polk County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Polk County, Iowa, 2017
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, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 256 | $1,091,340 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 31 | $79,847 |
| 3 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 84 | $5,815 |
| 4 | CCC Organic Programs | 5 | $3,095 |
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