Farm Subsidy information
Fort Bend County, Texas
Fort Bend County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Fort Bend County, Texas, 2016
Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County, Texas, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 725 | $4,596,815 |
| 2 | Cotton Ginning Program | 328 | $915,881 |
| 3 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 4 | $306,583 |
| 4 | Market Gains | 79 | $304,237 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 131 | $174,422 |
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