Sonoma County in California received $105.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 6,659 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$105.6M
Payments
6,659
Peak Year
2022
$25.1M
Avg Payment
$16K
242% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Sonoma County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $25.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($17.8M) was 14.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $16K is 242% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Sonoma County
Sonoma 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 $105.6M across 6,659 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Sonoma County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $25.1M.
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.