Farm Subsidy information
Van Buren County, Iowa
Van Buren County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2014
Total Subsidies, Van Buren County, Iowa, 2014
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, 2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2014 |
Subsidy Total 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 439 | $3,275,089 |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 203 | $1,345,282 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 20 | $87,323 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 4 | $70,292 |
| 5 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 2 | $7,153 |
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