Farm Subsidy information
Mercer County, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2013
Total Subsidies, Mercer County, Kentucky, 2013
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, 2013:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2013 |
Subsidy Total 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 257 | $508,581 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 163 | $110,512 |
| 3 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 2 | $40,845 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 13 | $33,074 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 32 | $12,003 |
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