Farm Subsidy information
Van Buren County, Iowa
Van Buren County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Van Buren County, Iowa, 2011
Van Buren 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 Van Buren County, Iowa, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 489 | $2,889,473 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 557 | $1,333,722 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 66 | $254,978 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 31 | $204,841 |
| 5 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 126 | $46,262 |
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