Farm Subsidy information
Quitman County, Georgia
Quitman County, Georgia Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Quitman County, Georgia, 2008
Quitman 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 Quitman County, Georgia, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 44 | $162,729 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 37 | $159,385 |
| 3 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 5 | $72,703 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 17 | $69,820 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 5 | $15,830 |
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