Farm Subsidy information
Rutherford County, Tennessee
Rutherford County, Tennessee Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Rutherford County, Tennessee, 2017
Rutherford County, 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 Rutherford County, Tennessee, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 66 | $565,051 |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 218 | $425,536 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 87 | $163,910 |
| 4 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 8 | $7,155 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 3 | $2,658 |
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