Farm Subsidy information
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Pennsylvania, 2012
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Pennsylvania ranking: 29 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Pennsylvania did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Pennsylvania, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 8,735 | $43,699,776 |
| 2 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 4,095 | $38,992,230 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 7,143 | $22,980,686 |
| 4 | Soybean Subsidies | 4,074 | $10,162,522 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 4,781 | $2,291,138 |
| 6 | Disaster Payments | 86 | $1,458,737 |
| 7 | Livestock Subsidies | 21 | $425,481 |
| 8 | Barley Subsidies | 2,974 | $377,261 |
| 9 | Oat Subsidies | 5,196 | $151,436 |
| 10 | Sorghum Subsidies | 430 | $57,688 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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