Farm Subsidy information
Hidalgo County, Texas
Hidalgo County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2014
Total Subsidies, Hidalgo County, Texas, 2014
Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County, Texas, 2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2014 |
Subsidy Total 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 123 | $1,727,469 |
| 2 | Cotton Transistion Assistance Program | 187 | $1,402,840 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 69 | $791,952 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 24 | $510,999 |
| 5 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 5 | $381,130 |
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