Clay County, Georgia Farm Subsidies

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Clay County in Georgia received $4.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 405 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2492 of 3087

Rank in Georgia

#78 of 157

Total Subsidies

$4.3M

Payments

405

Peak Year

2020

$4.3M

Avg Payment

$11K

130% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Clay County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $4.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($4.3M) was 135155.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $11K is 130% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$451$45
2022$1711$171
2021$3K2$2K
2020$4.3M399$11K
2018$321$32
2017$321$32

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About Farm Subsidies in Clay County

Clay 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 $4.3M across 405 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, Clay 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.