Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, North Carolina, 2012
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- North Carolina ranking: 20 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in North Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in North Carolina, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Subsidies | 10,533 | $85,949,526 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 5,229 | $49,847,672 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 9,500 | $44,541,845 |
| 4 | Corn Subsidies | 11,208 | $38,913,713 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 1,558 | $36,789,292 |
| 6 | Wheat Subsidies | 9,474 | $21,392,905 |
| 7 | Peanut Subsidies | 1,739 | $8,984,256 |
| 8 | Conservation Reserve Program | 5,263 | $8,178,759 |
| 9 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 232 | $3,356,881 |
| 10 | Sorghum Subsidies | 2,617 | $1,276,395 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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