Farm Subsidy information
West Virginia
West Virginia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, West Virginia, 2008
West Virginia Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- West Virginia ranking: 45 of 50 States
- 92 percent of farms in West Virginia did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in West Virginia, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 3,162 | $2,156,893 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 1,807 | $1,681,776 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 314 | $1,077,987 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 173 | $1,077,893 |
| 5 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 484 | $529,491 |
| 6 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 10 | $73,750 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 6 | $25,156 |
| 8 | Loan Deficiency | 285 | $20,112 |
| 9 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 17 | $15,975 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 70 | $585 |
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