Farm Subsidy information
Austin County, Texas
Austin County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Austin County, Texas, 2017
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, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 153 | $2,110,288 |
| 2 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 15 | $137,852 |
| 3 | Emergency Conservation Program | 12 | $101,180 |
| 4 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 1 | $84,980 |
| 5 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 29 | $25,832 |
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