Brevard County, Florida Farm Subsidies

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Brevard County in Florida received $19.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 452 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1680 of 3087

Rank in Florida

#26 of 66

Total Subsidies

$19.7M

Payments

452

Peak Year

2020

$4.0M

Avg Payment

$44K

840% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Brevard County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $4.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($4.0M) was 15.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $44K is 840% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$3.7M88$42K
2024$2.3M53$43K
2023$3.3M45$72K
2022$2.5M27$93K
2021$1.8M46$40K
2020$4.0M133$30K
2019$961K15$64K
2018$906K23$39K
2017$261K22$12K

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About Farm Subsidies in Brevard County

Brevard County, Florida 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 $19.7M across 452 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, Brevard 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.