Farm Subsidy information
Bennington County, Vermont
Bennington County, Vermont Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2018
Total Subsidies, Bennington County, Vermont, 2018
Bennington County, Vermont Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Vermont ranking: 41 of 50 States
- 90 percent of farms in Vermont did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Bennington County, Vermont, 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margin Protection Program | 14 | $149,703 |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 13 | $33,547 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 3 | $2,239 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 3 | $1,172 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1 | $701 |
Increasing crop reference prices would hurt young farmers
Do billionaires get farm subsidies?
Crop insurance pays billions in weather-related losses linked to the climate crisis
Crop insurance costs soar over time, reaching a record high in 2022
As the climate emergency heats up the Southwest, crop insurance payouts for heat surge
In the intensifying climate crisis, a hotter Southwest spurs rising heat-related crop insurance costs
