Farm Subsidy information
2nd District of Mississippi
(Rep. Bennie Thompson)
2nd District Of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson) Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2006
Total Subsidies, 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson), 2006
2nd District Of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Mississippi ranking: 16 of 50 States
- 59 percent of farms in Mississippi did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson), 2006:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2006 |
Subsidy Total 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter Cyclical Program | 4,199 | $121,475,566 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 4,034 | $97,221,707 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 2,732 | $13,541,939 |
| 4 | Commodity Certificates | 300 | $8,683,563 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 1,015 | $6,736,303 |
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