Farm Subsidy information
Austin County, Texas
Austin County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Austin County, Texas, 2012
Austin County, 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 Austin County, Texas, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 97 | $786,607 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 242 | $634,989 |
| 3 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 12 | $144,030 |
| 4 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 3 | $35,268 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 2 | $13,446 |
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