Farm Subsidy information
Kentucky
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Information
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Kentucky ranking: 24 of 50 States
- 65 percent of farms in Kentucky did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Kentucky, 1995-2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2014 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 89,038 | $1,516,538,433 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 21,370 | $649,520,969 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 32,613 | $536,613,172 |
| 4 | Tobacco Subsidies | 147,339 | $506,156,152 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 42,595 | $319,469,741 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 62,921 | $309,553,599 |
| 7 | Livestock Subsidies | 50,782 | $120,929,010 |
| 8 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 4,223 | $81,408,959 |
| 9 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 6,328 | $63,886,247 |
| 10 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 91 | $31,857,019 |
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