Farm Subsidy information
Virginia
Virginia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Virginia, 2008
Virginia Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Virginia ranking: 33 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in Virginia did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Virginia, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 8,814 | $23,127,297 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 2,236 | $21,220,653 |
| 3 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 4,675 | $16,475,006 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,100 | $9,840,430 |
| 5 | Counter Cyclical Program | 1,123 | $8,888,671 |
| 6 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 5,237 | $6,072,129 |
| 7 | Loan Deficiency | 385 | $1,817,930 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 166 | $318,815 |
| 9 | Emergency Conservation Program | 51 | $192,845 |
| 10 | Market Gains | 8 | $157,865 |
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