Farm Subsidy information
Tennessee
Tennessee Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Tennessee, 2012
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, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 19,862 | $47,440,998 |
| 2 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 639 | $19,007,635 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,794 | $14,203,170 |
| 4 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 7,357 | $11,157,385 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 425 | $4,470,980 |
| 6 | Emergency Conservation Program | 310 | $3,201,368 |
| 7 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 240 | $683,755 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 274 | $578,018 |
| 9 | Tree Assistance Program | 1 | $100,000 |
| 10 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 71 | $88,459 |
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