Farm Subsidy information
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 2008
Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 167 | $772,136 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 386 | $533,363 |
| 3 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 121 | $264,534 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 23 | $191,008 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 162 | $83,211 |
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