Farm Subsidy information
Laurens County, Georgia
Laurens County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Laurens County, Georgia, 2016
Laurens 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 Laurens County, Georgia, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 577 | $1,831,905 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 196 | $671,468 |
| 3 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 122 | $236,214 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 92 | $211,894 |
| 5 | Cotton Ginning Program | 14 | $135,211 |
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