Farm Subsidy information
Decatur County, Georgia
Decatur County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Decatur County, Georgia, 2009
Decatur 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 Decatur County, Georgia, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter Cyclical Program | 224 | $3,937,336 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 337 | $3,871,735 |
| 3 | Market Gains | 26 | $523,978 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 99 | $259,808 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 20 | $170,204 |
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