Magoffin County, Kentucky Farm Subsidies

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Magoffin County in Kentucky received $353K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 554 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2995 of 3087

Rank in Kentucky

#108 of 119

Total Subsidies

$353K

Payments

554

Peak Year

2020

$187K

Avg Payment

$637

86% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Magoffin County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $187K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($187K) was 21.7× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $637 is 86% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$5K7$782
2024$4K2$2K
2023$120K25$5K
2022$4K2$2K
2020$187K318$588
2019$10K78$128
2018$14K75$193
2017$9K47$184

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About Farm Subsidies in Magoffin County

Magoffin County, Kentucky 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 $353K across 554 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, Magoffin 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.