Powhatan County, Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Powhatan County in Virginia received $1.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 888 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2765 of 3087

Rank in Virginia

#80 of 100

Total Subsidies

$1.7M

Payments

888

Peak Year

2025

$429K

Avg Payment

$2K

59% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Powhatan County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $429K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($386K) was 3.9× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 59% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$429K95$5K
2024$6K8$732
2023$6K10$607
2022$60K9$7K
2021$309K164$2K
2020$386K241$2K
2019$346K90$4K
2018$52K138$376
2017$99K133$744

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About Farm Subsidies in Powhatan County

Powhatan County, Virginia 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 888 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Powhatan County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $429K.

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.