Farm Subsidy information
Cameron County, Texas
Cameron County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Cameron County, Texas, 2017
Cameron 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 Cameron County, Texas, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 673 | $6,370,835 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 13 | $164,330 |
| 3 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 9 | $21,687 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 3 | $18,215 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1 | $9,549 |
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