Sarasota County, Florida Farm Subsidies

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Sarasota County in Florida received $6.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 289 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2338 of 3087

Rank in Florida

#49 of 66

Total Subsidies

$6.2M

Payments

289

Peak Year

2025

$2.6M

Avg Payment

$22K

364% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Sarasota County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $2.6M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($644K) was 6.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $22K is 364% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$2.6M97$27K
2024$1.2M47$27K
2023$284K11$26K
2022$229K8$29K
2021$475K35$14K
2020$644K52$12K
2019$554K15$37K
2018$65K13$5K
2017$95K11$9K

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About Farm Subsidies in Sarasota County

Sarasota 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 $6.2M across 289 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Sarasota County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $2.6M.

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.