Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
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 Transition Payment | 10,533 | $85,949,526 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 12,621 | $59,256,684 |
| 3 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 1,375 | $33,551,326 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 5,263 | $8,178,759 |
| 5 | Emergency Conservation Program | 825 | $3,596,246 |
| 6 | Dairy Programs | 232 | $3,356,881 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 165 | $2,911,908 |
| 8 | Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program (TAAF) | 107 | $800,399 |
| 9 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 28 | $331,584 |
| 10 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 9 | $168,146 |
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