Farm Subsidy information
Simpson County, Kentucky
Simpson County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Simpson County, Kentucky, 2008
Simpson 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 Simpson County, Kentucky, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 506 | $1,664,321 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 103 | $1,363,919 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 53 | $727,645 |
| 4 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 189 | $334,007 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 100 | $73,624 |
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