Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, North Carolina, 2016
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, 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 9,860 | $86,544,726 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 4,054 | $41,031,781 |
| 3 | Cotton Ginning Program | 1,294 | $17,099,423 |
| 4 | Market Gains | 512 | $8,985,722 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 4,017 | $5,747,493 |
| 6 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 167 | $5,745,054 |
| 7 | Loan Deficiency | 370 | $2,853,949 |
| 8 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 361 | $929,498 |
| 9 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 90 | $563,720 |
| 10 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 12 | $418,660 |
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