Farm Subsidy information
Union County, Iowa
Union County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Union County, Iowa, 2017
Union 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 Union County, Iowa, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 166 | $1,557,339 |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 90 | $300,857 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 27 | $73,362 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 71 | $15,422 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 5 | $5,669 |
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