Middlesex County, Connecticut Farm Subsidies

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Middlesex County in Connecticut received $1.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 143 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2760 of 3087

Rank in Connecticut

#8 of 8

Total Subsidies

$1.7M

Payments

143

Peak Year

2020

$984K

Avg Payment

$12K

158% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Middlesex County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $984K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($984K) was 68.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 158% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$418K42$10K
2024$42K10$4K
2023$141K11$13K
2022$37K12$3K
2021$50K8$6K
2020$984K30$33K
2019$4222$211
2018$26K10$3K
2017$14K18$794

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About Farm Subsidies in Middlesex County

Middlesex County, Connecticut 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 $1.7M across 143 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, Middlesex 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.