Farm Subsidy information
Essex County, Virginia
Essex County, Virginia Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Essex County, Virginia, 1995-2020‡
Essex County, Virginia Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Virginia ranking: 32 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in Virginia did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Essex County, Virginia, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 183 | $25,111,160 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 128 | $13,771,782 |
| 3 | Wheat Subsidies | 154 | $7,293,331 |
| 4 | Disaster Payments | 109 | $3,952,675 |
| 5 | Barley Subsidies | 146 | $2,141,272 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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