Farm Subsidy information
Pierce County, Georgia
Pierce County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Pierce County, Georgia, 2016
Pierce 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 Pierce County, Georgia, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 117 | $1,972,262 |
| 2 | Cotton Ginning Program | 43 | $558,398 |
| 3 | Loan Deficiency | 29 | $389,317 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 106 | $384,514 |
| 5 | Market Gains | 20 | $342,745 |
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