Farm Subsidy information
South Carolina
South Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, South Carolina, 2016
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, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 3,613 | $29,116,718 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 2,391 | $25,898,051 |
| 3 | Cotton Ginning Program | 715 | $10,303,712 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 2,322 | $3,369,578 |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 592 | $2,173,274 |
| 6 | Market Gains | 135 | $2,009,283 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 228 | $1,681,679 |
| 8 | Loan Deficiency | 270 | $1,407,809 |
| 9 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 88 | $954,979 |
| 10 | Emergency Conservation Program | 89 | $583,720 |
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