Local USDA Payments: $7.9 Million in 2007
Glasscock County received $7.9 million in 2007 federal program payments from the United States Department of Agriculture, according to a report released by the state Farm Service Agency, which administers the programs. This figure does not include farm loans, commodity loans, or adjustments from previous programs.
Other area counties’ totals were: Howard, $11.7 million; Martin, $13.8 million; Midland, $3.7 million; Upton, $1.6 million; Reagan, $3.2 million; Tom Green, $8.3 million and Dawson, $27.3 million.
The highest paid county in the state was Gaines, with $43.3 million, followed by Hale with $33.7 million, Lamb, $28.9 million, and Terry, $28.8 million.
Across the state, FSA delivered a total of almost $1.3 billion in federal agricultural program payments in 2007. Commodity program payments were $931 million, conservation programs, $153 million, disaster assistance, $21 million and farm loans, $136 million.
The entire report, including a listing of all counties’ payments, and totals of all federal programs in the state, is available at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/tx