Farm Subsidy information
South Carolina
South Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, South Carolina, 2008
South Carolina Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- South Carolina ranking: 32 of 50 States
- 79 percent of farms in South Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in South Carolina, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 6,976 | $26,066,906 |
| 2 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 1,591 | $19,854,832 |
| 3 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 1,159 | $18,195,278 |
| 4 | Counter Cyclical Program | 3,042 | $14,209,166 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,923 | $7,194,147 |
| 6 | Loan Deficiency | 100 | $2,415,475 |
| 7 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 1,834 | $1,912,634 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 235 | $1,482,692 |
| 9 | Emergency Conservation Program | 95 | $454,072 |
| 10 | Tree Assistance Program | 124 | $188,272 |
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