Farm Subsidy information
Lamar County, Texas
Lamar County, Texas Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Lamar County, Texas, 2008
Lamar 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 Lamar County, Texas, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 310 | $3,150,453 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 498 | $1,667,401 |
| 3 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 397 | $726,538 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 161 | $564,152 |
| 5 | Counter Cyclical Program | 95 | $201,294 |
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