Farm Subsidy information
South Carolina
South Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, South Carolina, 2009
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, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter Cyclical Program | 2,913 | $26,187,162 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 6,344 | $24,538,454 |
| 3 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 1,169 | $17,584,029 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,894 | $7,347,352 |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 962 | $5,541,716 |
| 6 | Loan Deficiency | 161 | $3,732,374 |
| 7 | Dairy Programs | 75 | $2,992,117 |
| 8 | Market Gains | 150 | $1,704,651 |
| 9 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 378 | $1,603,356 |
| 10 | Biomass Crop Assistance Program | 9 | $584,667 |
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