Farm Subsidy information
8th District of Tennessee
(Rep. David Kusthoff)
8th District Of Tennessee (Rep. David Kusthoff) Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2018
Total Subsidies, 8th District of Tennessee (Rep. David Kusthoff), 2018
8th District Of Tennessee (Rep. David Kusthoff) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Tennessee ranking: 25 of 50 States
- 74 percent of farms in Tennessee did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 8th District of Tennessee (Rep. David Kusthoff), 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 3,228 | $46,701,731 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,530 | $6,160,737 |
| 3 | Cotton Ginning Program | 820 | $4,343,997 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 3,258 | $3,543,141 |
| 5 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 1,292 | $2,457,905 |
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