Farm Subsidy information
DeSoto County, Mississippi
DeSoto County, Mississippi Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2015
Total Subsidies, DeSoto County, Mississippi, 2015
DeSoto County, Mississippi Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Mississippi ranking: 16 of 50 States
- 59 percent of farms in Mississippi did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in DeSoto County, Mississippi, 2015:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2015 |
Subsidy Total 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Market Gains | 5 | $276,263 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 70 | $261,234 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 9 | $200,566 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 56 | $193,162 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 4 | $9,239 |
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