Table 5. Federal Government Payments and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pennsylvania 
Adams 
Allegheny 
Armstrong 
Beaver 
Bedford 
Berks 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
...farms, 2012 
16,007 
338 
34 
194 
104 
356 
577 
2007 
17,441 
407 
35 
178 
100 
397 
654 
$1,000, 2012 
86,359 
1,818 
41 
924 
500 
1,863 
3,646 
2007 
75,975 
1,853 
57 
587 
276 
1,861 
3,280 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
5,395 
5,379 
1,195 
4,762 
4,803 
5,234 
6,319 
2007 
4,356 
4,552 
1,623 
3,297 
2,761 
4,687 
5,016 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
6,547 
137 
12 
65 
54 
140 
144 
2007 
6,784 
139 
9 
55 
34 
152 
203 
$1,000, 2012 
19,790 
340 
21 
205 
120 
411 
484 
2007 
20,079 
378 
29 
145 
70 
405 
581 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
3,023 
2,480 
1,739 
3,160 
2,222 
2,937 
3,361 
2007 
2,960 
2,716 
3,169 
2,636 
2,045 
2,664 
2,862 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
...farms, 2012 
12,304 
263 
26 
164 
88 
247 
475 
2007 
13,424 
325 
27 
153 
85 
284 
511 
$1,000, 2012 
66,570 
1,478 
20 
719 
380 
1,452 
3,162 
2007 
55,896 
1,475 
28 
442 
207 
1,456 
2,699 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
5,410 
5,621 
760 
4,381 
4,313 
5,879 
6,657 
2007 
4,164 
4,539 
1,047 
2,889 
2,430 
5,126 
5,282 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
...farms, 2012 
136 
1 
2 
3 
1 
1 
3 
2007 
440 
10 
- 
4 
3 
7 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
7,764 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
32 
2007 
16,598 
115 
(D) 
(D) 
95 
106 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
...farms, 2012 
120 
1 
- 
2 
1 
2 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
4,286 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
38 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Blair 
Bradford 
Bucks 
Butler 
Cambria 
Cameron 
Carbon 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
...farms, 2012 
171 
701 
113 
282 
176 
14 
82 
2007 
190 
590 
156 
330 
210 
11 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
1,416 
6,994 
579 
1,502 
775 
55 
191 
2007 
1,092 
4,111 
713 
860 
756 
(D) 
239 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
8,278 
9,977 
5,124 
5,324 
4,401 
3,964 
2,331 
2007 
5,746 
6,967 
4,574 
2,605 
3,601 
(D) 
2,539 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
47 
448 
14 
104 
69 
2 
28 
2007 
53 
346 
27 
92 
85 
1 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
235 
1,672 
34 
294 
343 
(D) 
89 
2007 
226 
1,435 
80 
175 
288 
(D) 
123 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
4,999 
3,732 
2,442 
2,826 
4,974 
(D) 
3,196 
2007 
4,264 
4,147 
2,972 
1,906 
3,386 
(D) 
3,317 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
...farms, 2012 
147 
537 
104 
241 
136 
14 
62 
2007 
162 
410 
142 
310 
174 
11 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
1,181 
5,322 
545 
1,208 
431 
(D) 
102 
2007 
866 
2,676 
633 
684 
468 
(D) 
116 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
8,032 
9,910 
5,238 
5,011 
3,172 
(D) 
1,639 
2007 
5,345 
6,526 
4,459 
2,208 
2,692 
(D) 
1,657 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
...farms, 2012 
_ 
3 
3 
7 
3 
4 
_ 
2007 
6 
7 
8 
11 
3 
- 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
7 
41 
623 
512 
40 
- 
2007 
198 
(D) 
140 
166 
86 
- 
8 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
...farms, 2012 
1 
5 
3 
3 
4 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
- 
59 
266 
(D) 
41 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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