Farm Subsidy information
Metcalfe County, Kentucky
Metcalfe County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, 2008
Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County, Kentucky, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 115 | $1,760,127 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 432 | $365,804 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 26 | $158,060 |
| 4 | Direct Payment Program | 396 | $148,058 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 217 | $146,373 |
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