Farm Subsidy information
Ben Hill County, Georgia
Ben Hill County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Ben Hill County, Georgia, 1995-2020‡
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, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peanut Subsidies | 612 | $28,406,628 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 459 | $26,349,186 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 303 | $6,181,014 |
| 4 | Corn Subsidies | 525 | $5,388,285 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 164 | $4,207,377 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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