Farm Subsidy information
Mercer County, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Mercer County, Kentucky, 2012
Mercer 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 Mercer County, Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 258 | $509,650 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 135 | $107,271 |
| 3 | Dairy Programs | 13 | $74,801 |
| 4 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $24,355 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 32 | $19,434 |
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