Farm Subsidy information
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County, Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 2009
Somerset 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 Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 127 | $2,637,395 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 236 | $762,194 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 235 | $340,580 |
| 4 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 9 | $6,256 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 10 | $2,449 |
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