Dukes County, Massachusetts Farm Subsidies

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Dukes County in Massachusetts received $804K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 77 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2922 of 3087

Rank in Massachusetts

#12 of 14

Total Subsidies

$804K

Payments

77

Peak Year

2020

$546K

Avg Payment

$10K

125% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Dukes County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $546K — driven by COVID-era CFAP emergency payments. The average payment of $10K is 125% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$190K22$9K
2024$14K8$2K
2023$19K6$3K
2022$31K5$6K
2020$546K35$16K
2019$3K1$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Dukes County

Dukes County, Massachusetts 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 $804K across 77 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, Dukes 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.