Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Information
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- North Carolina ranking: 20 of 50 States
- 74 percent of farms in North Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in North Carolina, 2006:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2006 |
Subsidy Total 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 7,270 | $160,605,478 |
| 2 | Corn Subsidies | 18,500 | $47,315,590 |
| 3 | Peanut Subsidies | 2,893 | $25,535,873 |
| 4 | Soybean Subsidies | 12,448 | $19,619,877 |
| 5 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 1,234 | $14,906,851 |
| 6 | Wheat Subsidies | 13,134 | $10,540,367 |
| 7 | Conservation Reserve Program | 5,819 | $9,137,231 |
| 8 | Disaster Payments | 405 | $3,964,311 |
| 9 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 317 | $3,339,231 |
| 10 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 9 | $1,436,213 |
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