Farm Subsidy information
2nd District of Mississippi
(Rep. Bennie Thompson)
2nd District Of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson) Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2016
Total Subsidies, 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson), 2016
2nd District Of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Mississippi ranking: 16 of 50 States
- 59 percent of farms in Mississippi did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie Thompson), 2016:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2016 |
Subsidy Total 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 2,313 | $72,590,908 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 1,663 | $60,941,249 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 2,855 | $20,090,659 |
| 4 | Cotton Ginning Program | 336 | $10,101,509 |
| 5 | Market Gains | 240 | $9,183,427 |
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