Farm Subsidy information
Carter County, Kentucky
Carter County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Carter County, Kentucky, 2009
Carter 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 Carter County, Kentucky, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 272 | $216,575 |
| 2 | Emergency Conservation Program | 21 | $56,718 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 57 | $20,788 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 5 | $4,097 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 10 | $1,643 |
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