Farm Subsidy information
Nicholas County, Kentucky
Nicholas County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Nicholas County, Kentucky, 2011
Nicholas 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 Nicholas County, Kentucky, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 52 | $485,377 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 278 | $413,753 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 64 | $27,646 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 9 | $25,663 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 8 | $10,832 |
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