Farm Subsidy information
Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Pottawattamie County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 2017
Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 297 | $1,682,589 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 26 | $94,775 |
| 3 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 146 | $40,457 |
| 4 | CCC Organic Programs | 3 | $740 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 3 | $368 |
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