Farm Subsidy information
Sussex County, Virginia
Sussex County, Virginia Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Sussex County, Virginia, 1995-2020‡
Sussex 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 Sussex County, Virginia, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peanut Subsidies | 1,617 | $33,915,654 |
| 2 | Cotton Subsidies | 243 | $16,651,919 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 291 | $12,469,941 |
| 4 | Corn Subsidies | 386 | $8,484,991 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 198 | $4,712,638 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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