Farm Subsidy information
Ballard County, Kentucky
Ballard County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2023
Total Subsidies, Ballard County, Kentucky, 2023
Ballard County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Kentucky ranking: 24 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in Kentucky did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Ballard County, Kentucky, 2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2023 |
Subsidy Total 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 61 | $153,875 |
| 2 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 2 | $140,000 |
| 3 | Dairy Programs | 1 | $62,086 |
| 4 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 47 | $44,273 |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 6 | $24,737 |
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