Ouachita County, Arkansas Farm Subsidies

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Ouachita County in Arkansas received $1.4M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 533 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2813 of 3087

Rank in Arkansas

#71 of 75

Total Subsidies

$1.4M

Payments

533

Peak Year

2021

$814K

Avg Payment

$3K

44% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Ouachita County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $814K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($265K) was 4.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 44% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$32K28$1K
2024$3K41$77
2023$44K73$603
2022$103K46$2K
2021$814K91$9K
2020$265K190$1K
2019$52K31$2K
2018$16K10$2K
2017$61K23$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Ouachita County

Ouachita County, Arkansas 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 $1.4M across 533 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Ouachita County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $814K.

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.