Fairfield County, South Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Fairfield County in South Carolina received $965K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 340 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2888 of 3087

Rank in South Carolina

#44 of 46

Total Subsidies

$965K

Payments

340

Peak Year

2020

$256K

Avg Payment

$3K

39% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Fairfield County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $256K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($256K) was 7.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 39% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$205K77$3K
2024$170K29$6K
2023$96K28$3K
2021$184K49$4K
2020$256K124$2K
2019$13K11$1K
2018$6K9$624
2017$36K13$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Fairfield County

Fairfield 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 $965K across 340 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, Fairfield 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.