Farm Subsidy information
Lowndes County, Georgia
Lowndes County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1995-2020‡
Lowndes 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 Lowndes County, Georgia, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 329 | $27,716,383 |
| 2 | Disaster Payments | 380 | $8,230,670 |
| 3 | Peanut Subsidies | 225 | $7,508,450 |
| 4 | Tobacco Subsidies | 353 | $5,585,802 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 215 | $3,663,488 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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