Livingston County, New York Farm Subsidies

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Livingston County in New York received $52.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 6,517 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1017 of 3087

Rank in New York

#4 of 60

Total Subsidies

$52.8M

Payments

6,517

Peak Year

2020

$23.5M

Avg Payment

$8K

75% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Livingston County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $23.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($23.5M) was 5.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $8K is 75% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$4.8M405$12K
2023$4.0M462$9K
2021$6.1M1,298$5K
2020$23.5M1,764$13K
2019$6.6M763$9K
2018$3.2M1,069$3K
2017$4.6M756$6K

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About Farm Subsidies in Livingston County

Livingston County, New York 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 $52.8M across 6,517 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, Livingston 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.