Farm Subsidy information
Portage County, Wisconsin
Portage County, Wisconsin Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Portage County, Wisconsin, 2008
Portage County, Wisconsin Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Wisconsin ranking: 14 of 50 States
- 58 percent of farms in Wisconsin did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Portage County, Wisconsin, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 590 | $1,340,531 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 61 | $339,521 |
| 3 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 77 | $204,586 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 77 | $97,798 |
| 5 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 6 | $49,220 |
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