Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, North Carolina, 2014
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, 2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2014 |
Subsidy Total 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobacco Subsidies | 12,683 | $85,586,712 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 4,927 | $38,715,643 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 648 | $34,376,804 |
| 4 | Corn Subsidies | 703 | $18,047,449 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 579 | $12,719,021 |
| 6 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,985 | $7,899,911 |
| 7 | Disaster Payments | 550 | $3,850,591 |
| 8 | Peanut Subsidies | 321 | $3,477,907 |
| 9 | Livestock Subsidies | 227 | $1,111,253 |
| 10 | Sorghum Subsidies | 108 | $246,075 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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