Farm Subsidy information
Caldwell County, Kentucky
Caldwell County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Caldwell County, Kentucky, 2012
Caldwell 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 Caldwell County, Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 210 | $821,603 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 408 | $594,382 |
| 3 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 35 | $404,139 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 20 | $298,749 |
| 5 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 113 | $206,380 |
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