St. Lucie County, Florida Farm Subsidies

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St. Lucie County in Florida received $28.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 806 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1404 of 3087

Rank in Florida

#19 of 66

Total Subsidies

$28.9M

Payments

806

Peak Year

2020

$8.2M

Avg Payment

$36K

674% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

St. Lucie County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $8.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($8.2M) was 38.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $36K is 674% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$6.4M97$66K
2024$2.5M71$35K
2023$1.3M36$36K
2022$800K16$50K
2021$2.0M84$23K
2020$8.2M292$28K
2019$4.0M73$55K
2018$3.6M78$46K
2017$212K59$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in St. Lucie County

St. Lucie 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 $28.9M across 806 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, St. Lucie 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.