Farm Subsidy information
Van Buren County, Iowa
Van Buren County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Van Buren County, Iowa, 2017
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, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 492 | $4,460,007 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 98 | $211,457 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 80 | $165,013 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 110 | $22,027 |
| 5 | CCC Organic Programs | 4 | $4,058 |
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