Farm Subsidy information
Louisiana
Louisiana Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Louisiana, 2008
Louisiana Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Louisiana ranking: 21 of 50 States
- 72 percent of farms in Louisiana did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Louisiana, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 20,211 | $121,265,732 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 7,691 | $43,232,498 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 3,593 | $16,981,638 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 1,198 | $11,844,494 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 437 | $4,234,595 |
| 6 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 2,068 | $2,941,132 |
| 7 | Market Gains | 295 | $2,112,623 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 88 | $985,400 |
| 9 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 24 | $171,851 |
| 10 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 11 | $138,588 |
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