Farm Subsidy information
Wicomico County, Maryland
Wicomico County, Maryland Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, Wicomico County, Maryland, 2016
Wicomico County, Maryland Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Maryland ranking: 36 of 50 States
- 71 percent of farms in Maryland did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Wicomico County, Maryland, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 176 | $766,933 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 140 | $580,652 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 21 | $12,814 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 2 | $5,830 |
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