Manatee County, Florida Farm Subsidies

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Manatee County in Florida received $32.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,191 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1330 of 3087

Rank in Florida

#16 of 66

Total Subsidies

$32.6M

Payments

1,191

Peak Year

2025

$9.2M

Avg Payment

$27K

490% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Manatee County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $9.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($7.7M) was 19.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $27K is 490% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$9.2M339$27K
2024$4.0M174$23K
2023$3.5M90$39K
2022$1.6M49$32K
2021$2.6M111$23K
2020$7.7M232$33K
2019$2.4M72$34K
2018$1.2M82$15K
2017$397K42$9K

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About Farm Subsidies in Manatee County

Manatee 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 $32.6M across 1,191 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Manatee County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $9.2M.

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.