Farm Subsidy information
Ben Hill County, Georgia
Ben Hill County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2017
Ben Hill County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Georgia ranking: 17 of 50 States
- 68 percent of farms in Georgia did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peanut Subsidies | 108 | $2,827,276 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 0 | $516,441 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 65 | $211,695 |
| 4 | Livestock Subsidies | 43 | $107,504 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 43 | $107,504 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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