Farm Subsidy information
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 2009
Luzerne 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 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 146 | $484,285 |
| 2 | Dairy Programs | 19 | $231,095 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 86 | $142,519 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 4 | $14,393 |
| 5 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 2 | $7,750 |
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