Farm Subsidy information
Lyon County, Kentucky
Lyon County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Lyon County, Kentucky, 2012
Lyon 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 Lyon County, Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 142 | $206,056 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 55 | $149,748 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 48 | $106,763 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 3 | $98,436 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 7 | $35,695 |
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