Van Wert County, Ohio Farm Subsidies

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Van Wert County in Ohio received $69.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 40,916 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#797 of 3087

Rank in Ohio

#23 of 89

Total Subsidies

$69.2M

Payments

40,916

Peak Year

2019

$18.1M

Avg Payment

$2K

64% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Van Wert County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $18.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($17.1M) was 2.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 64% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$10.0M6,717$1K
2024$508K1,020$498
2023$1.1M1,121$1K
2022$747K1,160$644
2021$6.4M4,291$1K
2020$17.1M11,299$2K
2019$18.1M4,451$4K
2018$8.9M5,787$2K
2017$6.2M5,070$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Van Wert County

Van Wert County, Ohio 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 $69.2M across 40,916 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Van Wert County's peak in 2019 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.