Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, North Carolina, 2015
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, 2015:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2015 |
Subsidy Total 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 1,546 | $37,751,957 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 274 | $34,390,217 |
| 3 | Corn Subsidies | 4,162 | $33,523,546 |
| 4 | Peanut Subsidies | 2,169 | $31,301,553 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 565 | $9,395,270 |
| 6 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,550 | $6,649,907 |
| 7 | Disaster Payments | 550 | $5,544,396 |
| 8 | Tree Subsidies | 31 | $1,461,226 |
| 9 | Livestock Subsidies | 401 | $1,039,230 |
| 10 | Sorghum Subsidies | 905 | $360,763 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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