Farm Subsidy information
Wilkes County, Georgia
Wilkes County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Wilkes County, Georgia, 2016
Wilkes 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 Wilkes County, Georgia, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 134 | $897,854 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 15 | $26,954 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 12 | $9,918 |
| 4 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 8 | $7,753 |
| 5 | Cotton Ginning Program | 1 | $2,046 |
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