Farm Subsidy information
Hancock County, Kentucky
Hancock County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Hancock County, Kentucky, 2011
Hancock 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 Hancock County, Kentucky, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 283 | $273,301 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 190 | $224,981 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 35 | $85,825 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 21 | $55,830 |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 8 | $13,746 |
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