Farm Subsidy information
Butler County, Kentucky
Butler County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Butler County, Kentucky, 2012
Butler 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 Butler County, Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 195 | $1,287,033 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 431 | $415,861 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 25 | $151,113 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 6 | $144,695 |
| 5 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 89 | $72,786 |
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