Farm Subsidy information
Tennessee
Tennessee Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Tennessee, 2009
Tennessee Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Tennessee ranking: 25 of 50 States
- 74 percent of farms in Tennessee did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Tennessee, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 21,799 | $48,605,008 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 8,102 | $46,216,202 |
| 3 | Market Gains | 1,104 | $20,698,573 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 5,350 | $14,783,233 |
| 5 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 7,501 | $12,220,054 |
| 6 | Dairy Programs | 535 | $11,483,765 |
| 7 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 4,157 | $11,452,892 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 301 | $1,687,431 |
| 9 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 229 | $663,069 |
| 10 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 73 | $539,099 |
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