Butts County, Georgia Farm Subsidies

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Butts County in Georgia received $834K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 305 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2912 of 3087

Rank in Georgia

#128 of 157

Total Subsidies

$834K

Payments

305

Peak Year

2020

$280K

Avg Payment

$3K

41% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Butts County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $280K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($280K) was 6.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 41% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$29K14$2K
2024$7K14$500
2023$278K23$12K
2022$3961$396
2021$119K46$3K
2020$280K128$2K
2019$58K30$2K
2018$16K20$798
2017$46K29$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Butts County

Butts 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 $834K across 305 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, Butts 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.