Farm Subsidy information
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Erie County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 2008
Erie 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 Erie County, Pennsylvania, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 124 | $689,222 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 107 | $505,166 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 205 | $478,689 |
| 4 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 75 | $38,368 |
| 5 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 8 | $23,997 |
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