Edgefield County, South Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Edgefield County in South Carolina received $26.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,115 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1467 of 3087

Rank in South Carolina

#11 of 46

Total Subsidies

$26.3M

Payments

1,115

Peak Year

2025

$10.0M

Avg Payment

$24K

409% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Edgefield County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $10.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($3.0M) was 18.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $24K is 409% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$10.0M163$61K
2024$1.7M37$45K
2023$1.2M45$26K
2022$8.1M39$208K
2021$752K171$4K
2020$3.0M349$9K
2019$1.3M117$11K
2018$83K82$1K
2017$164K112$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Edgefield County

Edgefield 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 $26.3M across 1,115 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Edgefield County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $10.0M.

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.