Farm Subsidy information
Blount County, Tennessee
Blount County, Tennessee Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Blount County, Tennessee, 1995-2020‡
Blount County, Tennessee Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Tennessee ranking: 25 of 50 States
- 74 percent of farms in Tennessee did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Blount County, Tennessee, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 151 | $1,838,726 |
| 2 | Disaster Payments | 358 | $1,735,057 |
| 3 | Livestock Subsidies | 338 | $1,115,886 |
| 4 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 23 | $1,065,452 |
| 5 | Wheat Subsidies | 123 | $791,179 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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