Nevada County, California Farm Subsidies

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Nevada County in California received $948K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 211 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2892 of 3087

Rank in California

#57 of 57

Total Subsidies

$948K

Payments

211

Peak Year

2022

$206K

Avg Payment

$4K

Near national avg

💡 Key Insight

Nevada County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $206K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($174K) was 2.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $4K is near the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$168K26$6K
2024$14K16$862
2023$169K48$4K
2022$206K39$5K
2021$139K31$4K
2020$174K42$4K
2018$5071$507
2017$78K8$10K

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About Farm Subsidies in Nevada County

Nevada 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 $948K across 211 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Nevada County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $206K.

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.