Farm Subsidy information
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2013
Total Subsidies, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 2013
Edgecombe County, 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 Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 2013:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2013 |
Subsidy Total 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 250 | $2,416,321 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 227 | $2,317,463 |
| 3 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 32 | $703,638 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 179 | $427,556 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 1 | $18,059 |
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