Farm Subsidy information
Mercer County, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2014
Total Subsidies, Mercer County, Kentucky, 2014
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, 2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2014 |
Subsidy Total 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 263 | $509,190 |
| 2 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 8 | $19,346 |
| 3 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $18,480 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 26 | $9,020 |
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