Farm Subsidy information
2nd District of Mississippi
(Rep. Bennie Thompson)
2nd District Of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson) Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson), 2008
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), 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 3,665 | $97,479,905 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 3,119 | $54,868,457 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 2,703 | $13,847,489 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 746 | $11,209,735 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 64 | $1,861,701 |
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