Farm Subsidy information
Cameron County, Texas
Cameron County, Texas Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Cameron County, Texas, 1995-2020‡
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, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 4,370 | $189,418,732 |
| 2 | Sorghum Subsidies | 4,260 | $75,052,103 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 1,385 | $33,009,487 |
| 4 | Corn Subsidies | 3,511 | $21,056,227 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 63 | $5,484,965 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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