Farm Subsidy information
Sumter County, South Carolina
Sumter County, South Carolina Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Sumter County, South Carolina, 1995-2020‡
Sumter County, South Carolina Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- South Carolina ranking: 30 of 50 States
- 79 percent of farms in South Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Sumter County, South Carolina, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 913 | $34,049,362 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 425 | $25,662,187 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 421 | $12,921,693 |
| 4 | Conservation Reserve Program | 478 | $11,524,568 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 760 | $10,804,968 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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