Farm Subsidy information
Laurens County, Georgia
Laurens County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Laurens County, Georgia, 1995-2020‡
Laurens 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 Laurens County, Georgia, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 716 | $26,274,699 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,113 | $19,768,981 |
| 3 | Peanut Subsidies | 867 | $18,501,847 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 1,571 | $12,797,607 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 628 | $12,502,141 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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