Clay County, Indiana Farm Subsidies

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Clay County in Indiana received $15.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 12,201 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1849 of 3087

Rank in Indiana

#70 of 92

Total Subsidies

$15.0M

Payments

12,201

Peak Year

2020

$10.7M

Avg Payment

$1K

74% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Clay County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $10.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($10.7M) was 2.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $1K is 74% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1111$111
2024$1111$111
2023$1111$111
2022$1111$111
2021$3K15$200
2020$10.7M8,424$1K
2019$4K8$441
2018$2K2$1K
2017$4.2M3,748$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Clay County

Clay County, Indiana 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 $15.0M across 12,201 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.