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• $1.05 billion in subsidies 1995-2006.
• South Carolina ranking: 33 of 50
• Top Recipients 1995-2006
• Top Recipients in 2006
• 75 percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments in South Carolina, according to USDA.
• Among subsidy recipients, ten percent collected 87 percent of all subsidies amounting to $913 million over 12 years.
• Recipients in the top 10% averaged $18,939 in annual payments between 1995 and 2006. The bottom 80 percent of the recipients saw only $160 on average per year.

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Summary Analyses:
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Commodity programs
Conservation programs
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Direct payments
Counter cyclical payments
Marketing Loan payments

Payment Concentrations:
Concentration, 1995-2006
Concentration, 2006
Concentration, 2005
Concentration, 2004

Estimate of the Top 100 Beneficiaries of a 5-year extension of the current Farm Bill
Top Recipients:
Top Recipients in 1995-2006
Top Recipients in 2006
Top Recipients in 2005
Top Recipients in 2004


Top Regions 1995-2006:
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Top Regions 2006:
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Top programs in South Carolina, 1995-2006:

Years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 1995-2006

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Rank Program
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Number of Recipients
1995-2006
Subsidy Total
1995-2006
1 Cotton Subsidies
 5,937      $365,279,338
2 Corn Subsidies
 16,029      $176,285,055
3 Disaster Payments
 9,598      $175,000,785
4 Conservation Reserve Program
 10,614      $107,649,102
5 Wheat Subsidies
 14,207      $100,632,857
6 Soybean Subsidies
 6,062      $40,843,313
7 Tobacco Subsidies
 17,983      $24,272,031
8 Peanut Subsidies
 875      $19,326,090
9 Livestock Subsidies
 5,619      $15,424,048
10 Env. Quality Incentive Program
 1,619      $12,200,210


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