Baker County, Georgia Farm Subsidies

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Baker County in Georgia received $37.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,856 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1232 of 3087

Rank in Georgia

#33 of 157

Total Subsidies

$37.6M

Payments

2,856

Peak Year

2020

$7.8M

Avg Payment

$13K

184% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Baker County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $7.8M — driven by COVID-era CFAP emergency payments. The average payment of $13K is 184% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$4.8M378$13K
2024$450K73$6K
2023$681K76$9K
2022$4.4M275$16K
2021$4.3M306$14K
2020$7.8M648$12K
2019$7.2M505$14K
2018$3.4M274$12K
2017$4.5M321$14K

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About Farm Subsidies in Baker County

Baker County, Georgia 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 $37.6M across 2,856 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, Baker 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.