Farm Subsidy information
South Carolina
South Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2018
Total Subsidies, South Carolina, 2018
South Carolina Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- South Carolina ranking: 32 of 50 States
- 79 percent of farms in South Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in South Carolina, 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 2,431 | $15,163,663 |
| 2 | Cotton Ginning Program | 584 | $4,166,829 |
| 3 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 2,402 | $3,271,674 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,814 | $2,662,518 |
| 5 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 393 | $2,109,713 |
| 6 | Margin Protection Program | 42 | $802,804 |
| 7 | Emergency Conservation Program | 107 | $786,135 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 43 | $776,322 |
| 9 | Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments | 18 | $298,243 |
| 10 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 78 | $269,117 |
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