Clay County, Alabama Farm Subsidies

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Clay County in Alabama received $12.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 3,349 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1941 of 3087

Rank in Alabama

#41 of 67

Total Subsidies

$12.9M

Payments

3,349

Peak Year

2021

$4.3M

Avg Payment

$4K

17% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Clay County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $4.3M. The average payment of $4K is 17% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$540K241$2K
2024$96K63$2K
2023$108K112$965
2022$376K122$3K
2021$4.3M586$7K
2020$2.2M1,101$2K
2019$596K158$4K
2018$2.7M616$4K
2017$2.0M350$6K

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About Farm Subsidies in Clay County

Clay County, Alabama is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $12.9M across 3,349 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Clay County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $4.3M.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.