Hernando County, Florida Farm Subsidies

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Hernando County in Florida received $7.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 851 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2238 of 3087

Rank in Florida

#44 of 66

Total Subsidies

$7.7M

Payments

851

Peak Year

2025

$1.9M

Avg Payment

$9K

95% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Hernando County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $1.9M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.8M) was 17.9× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $9K is 95% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.9M168$11K
2024$666K34$20K
2023$1.0M104$10K
2022$821K20$41K
2021$309K70$4K
2020$1.8M270$7K
2019$375K36$10K
2018$677K92$7K
2017$103K57$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Hernando County

Hernando 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 $7.7M across 851 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Hernando County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $1.9M.

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.