Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, North Carolina, 1995-2020‡
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, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 16,003 | $1,910,630,786 |
| 2 | Corn Subsidies | 47,961 | $1,043,677,720 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 34,352 | $841,795,039 |
| 4 | Soybean Subsidies | 28,706 | $807,823,183 |
| 5 | Tobacco Subsidies | 102,067 | $785,507,984 |
| 6 | Peanut Subsidies | 20,190 | $492,108,990 |
| 7 | Wheat Subsidies | 36,391 | $417,334,807 |
| 8 | Conservation Reserve Program | 15,159 | $178,624,211 |
| 9 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 6,392 | $93,523,355 |
| 10 | Livestock Subsidies | 18,939 | $59,938,363 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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