Farm Subsidy information
Cameron County, Texas
Cameron County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2023
Total Subsidies, Cameron County, Texas, 2023
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, 2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2023 |
Subsidy Total 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 150 | $2,476,949 |
| 2 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 145 | $632,309 |
| 3 | Tree Assistance Program | 4 | $134,048 |
| 4 | Total Pandemic Assistance Program (PARP) | 13 | $103,004 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 6 | $85,166 |
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