Farm Subsidy information
Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Rockcastle County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2010
Total Subsidies, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, 2010
Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle County, Kentucky, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2010 |
Subsidy Total 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 357 | $240,520 |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 82 | $111,481 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 148 | $63,751 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 4 | $50,963 |
| 5 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 8 | $45,461 |
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