Brewster County, Texas Farm Subsidies

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Brewster County in Texas received $8.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 672 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2220 of 3087

Rank in Texas

#193 of 254

Total Subsidies

$8.0M

Payments

672

Peak Year

2025

$1.7M

Avg Payment

$12K

156% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Brewster County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $1.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.6M) was 413.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 156% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.7M97$17K
2024$1.2M127$9K
2023$986K104$9K
2022$1.2M76$16K
2021$1.2M89$14K
2020$1.6M162$10K
2019$49K14$4K
2018$1K1$1K
2017$4K2$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Brewster County

Brewster County, Texas 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 $8.0M across 672 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Brewster County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $1.7M.

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.