Farm Subsidy information
Texas
Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2011
Total Subsidies, Texas, 2011
Texas Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Texas ranking: 1 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in Texas did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Texas, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 61,116 | $374,906,807 |
| 2 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 15,246 | $182,656,003 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 16,789 | $125,807,668 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 11,118 | $89,440,889 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1,857 | $9,930,868 |
| 6 | Emergency Conservation Program | 180 | $8,114,225 |
| 7 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 1,105 | $4,384,243 |
| 8 | Counter Cyclical Program | 4,908 | $4,217,413 |
| 9 | Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program (TAAF) | 792 | $4,130,950 |
| 10 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 73 | $768,781 |
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