Farm Subsidy information
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 2016
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Pennsylvania ranking: 30 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Pennsylvania did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 176 | $1,276,269 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 223 | $349,633 |
| 3 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 7 | $137,805 |
| 4 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 22 | $7,650 |
| 5 | Margin Protection Program | 3 | $1,679 |
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