Farm Subsidy information
Taylor County, Kentucky
Taylor County, Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Taylor County, Kentucky, 2012
Taylor 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 Taylor County, Kentucky, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 119 | $591,080 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 436 | $438,528 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 447 | $398,595 |
| 4 | Dairy Programs | 23 | $196,399 |
| 5 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 6 | $32,089 |
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