Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 1995-2023
Total Subsidies, North Carolina, 1995-2023
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- North Carolina ranking: 20 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in North Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in North Carolina, 1995-2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2023 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 36,354 | $741,463,526 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 15,220 | $619,369,635 |
| 3 | Loan Deficiency | 19,146 | $555,027,243 |
| 4 | Counter Cyclical Program | 24,996 | $520,929,452 |
| 5 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 16,228 | $405,159,415 |
| 6 | Production Flexibility Program | 35,221 | $394,440,235 |
| 7 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 9,926 | $339,093,796 |
| 8 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 13,852 | $309,113,009 |
| 9 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 8,179 | $302,068,159 |
| 10 | Commodity Certificates | 2,275 | $291,734,831 |
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