Farm Subsidy information
Portage County, Wisconsin
Portage County, Wisconsin Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Portage County, Wisconsin, 2012
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, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 139 | $1,164,054 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 519 | $1,134,212 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 71 | $78,588 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 3 | $14,838 |
| 5 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 2 | $2,700 |
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