Farm Subsidy information
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Bristol County, Massachusetts Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 2017
Bristol County, Massachusetts Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Massachusetts ranking: 46 of 50 States
- 93 percent of farms in Massachusetts did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Bristol County, Massachusetts, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 8 | $126,809 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 37 | $96,972 |
| 3 | Tree Assistance Program | 3 | $79,542 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 62 | $64,758 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $4,253 |
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