Okeechobee County, Florida Farm Subsidies

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Okeechobee County in Florida received $33.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,631 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1311 of 3087

Rank in Florida

#15 of 66

Total Subsidies

$33.3M

Payments

1,631

Peak Year

2020

$17.2M

Avg Payment

$20K

340% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Okeechobee County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $17.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($17.2M) was 6.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $20K is 340% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.5M40$38K
2024$901K126$7K
2023$1.6M74$21K
2022$2.0M91$22K
2021$3.9M244$16K
2020$17.2M687$25K
2019$2.2M113$19K
2018$1.1M105$11K
2017$2.8M151$19K

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About Farm Subsidies in Okeechobee County

Okeechobee 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 $33.3M across 1,631 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, Okeechobee 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.