Farm Subsidy information
Magoffin County, Kentucky
Magoffin County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Magoffin County, Kentucky, 2008
Magoffin 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 Magoffin County, Kentucky, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 179 | $137,730 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 13 | $20,630 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 113 | $11,482 |
| 4 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 34 | $10,729 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1 | $87 |
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