Farm Subsidy information
Sumter County, South Carolina
Sumter County, South Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Sumter County, South Carolina, 2017
Sumter County, 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 Sumter County, South Carolina, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 129 | $700,276 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 80 | $536,834 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 122 | $213,469 |
| 4 | Emergency Conservation Program | 18 | $109,316 |
| 5 | CCC Organic Programs | 2 | $376 |
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