Farm Subsidy information
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2015
Total Subsidies, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2015
Berks County, 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 Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2015:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2015 |
Subsidy Total 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 153 | $525,721 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 67 | $4,619 |
| 3 | Margin Protection Program | 1 | $1,144 |
| 4 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $1,096 |
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