St. Francois County, Missouri Farm Subsidies

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St. Francois County in Missouri received $8.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,698 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2219 of 3087

Rank in Missouri

#101 of 115

Total Subsidies

$8.0M

Payments

2,698

Peak Year

2020

$3.4M

Avg Payment

$3K

36% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

St. Francois County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $3.4M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($3.4M) was 13.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 36% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.0M343$3K
2024$459K41$11K
2023$1.1M231$5K
2022$286K30$10K
2021$554K372$1K
2020$3.4M1,172$3K
2019$485K174$3K
2018$428K193$2K
2017$243K142$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in St. Francois County

St. Francois County, Missouri 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 $8.0M across 2,698 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, St. Francois 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.