Farm Subsidy information
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Information
North Carolina Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- North Carolina ranking: 20 of 50 States
- 74 percent of farms in North Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in North Carolina, 1995-2014:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2014 |
Subsidy Total 1995-2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 15,808 | $1,767,193,596 |
| 2 | Corn Subsidies | 46,374 | $862,723,898 |
| 3 | Tobacco Subsidies | 101,857 | $785,332,047 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 31,484 | $620,825,489 |
| 5 | Soybean Subsidies | 27,155 | $575,964,298 |
| 6 | Peanut Subsidies | 19,126 | $349,170,729 |
| 7 | Wheat Subsidies | 34,682 | $336,052,393 |
| 8 | Conservation Reserve Program | 14,231 | $152,743,786 |
| 9 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 6,377 | $93,523,355 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 939 | $45,510,391 |
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