Farm Subsidy information
Knox County, Tennessee
Knox County, Tennessee Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Knox County, Tennessee, 1995-2020‡
Knox 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 Knox County, Tennessee, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disaster Payments | 462 | $1,780,277 |
| 2 | Livestock Subsidies | 435 | $1,188,305 |
| 3 | Tobacco Subsidies | 1,076 | $539,334 |
| 4 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 13 | $538,144 |
| 5 | Corn Subsidies | 84 | $381,107 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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