Barbour County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Barbour County in West Virginia received $2.4M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,272 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2678 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#20 of 53

Total Subsidies

$2.4M

Payments

1,272

Peak Year

2025

$740K

Avg Payment

$2K

60% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Barbour County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $740K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($647K) was 47.8× 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$740K312$2K
2024$678K149$5K
2023$27K45$593
2022$18K11$2K
2021$123K142$864
2020$647K548$1K
2019$45K19$2K
2018$68K30$2K
2017$14K16$846

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About Farm Subsidies in Barbour County

Barbour County, West 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 $2.4M across 1,272 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Barbour County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $740K.

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.