Farm Subsidy information
Aiken County, South Carolina
Aiken County, South Carolina Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Aiken County, South Carolina, 2012
Aiken County, 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 Aiken County, South Carolina, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 162 | $388,946 |
| 2 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 5 | $109,526 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 43 | $56,556 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 2 | $28,045 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 6 | $10,248 |
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