Roanoke, Roanoke City, Sa County, Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Roanoke, Roanoke City, Sa County in Virginia received $667K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 355 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2946 of 3087

Rank in Virginia

#92 of 100

Total Subsidies

$667K

Payments

355

Peak Year

2020

$174K

Avg Payment

$2K

60% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Roanoke, Roanoke City, Sa County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $174K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($174K) was 13.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 60% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$158K66$2K
2024$112K25$4K
2023$119K31$4K
2022$38K14$3K
2021$47K49$950
2020$174K123$1K
2019$4K15$235
2018$3K11$248
2017$13K21$618

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About Farm Subsidies in Roanoke, Roanoke City, Sa County

Roanoke, Roanoke City, Sa 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 $667K across 355 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, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Sa 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.