Beaufort County in South Carolina received $1.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 108 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$1.7M
Payments
108
Peak Year
2025
$706K
Avg Payment
$15K
233% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Beaufort County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $706K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($127K) was 6.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $15K is 233% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Beaufort County
Beaufort County, South Carolina 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 $1.7M across 108 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Beaufort County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $706K.
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.