Modoc County, California Farm Subsidies

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Modoc County in California received $56.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 4,995 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#972 of 3087

Rank in California

#25 of 57

Total Subsidies

$56.2M

Payments

4,995

Peak Year

2020

$16.3M

Avg Payment

$11K

143% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Modoc County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $16.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($16.3M) was 6.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $11K is 143% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$4.7M302$16K
2024$2.6M373$7K
2023$6.4M549$12K
2022$12.2M465$26K
2021$6.9M940$7K
2020$16.3M1,213$13K
2019$3.3M586$6K
2018$1.4M303$5K
2017$2.5M264$9K

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About Farm Subsidies in Modoc County

Modoc County, California 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 $56.2M across 4,995 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Modoc County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

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.