Farm Subsidy information
Ben Hill County, Georgia
Ben Hill County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2016
Ben Hill County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Georgia ranking: 17 of 50 States
- 68 percent of farms in Georgia did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 118 | $2,482,916 |
| 2 | Cotton Ginning Program | 23 | $342,788 |
| 3 | Market Gains | 13 | $306,439 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 64 | $192,667 |
| 5 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 64 | $178,209 |
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