Cabell County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Cabell County in West Virginia received $802K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 810 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2923 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#38 of 53

Total Subsidies

$802K

Payments

810

Peak Year

2020

$193K

Avg Payment

$990

79% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Cabell County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $193K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($193K) was 7.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $990 is 79% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$168K143$1K
2024$168K72$2K
2023$14K42$326
2022$95K52$2K
2021$78K94$827
2020$193K257$749
2019$22K48$460
2018$38K69$551
2017$27K33$810

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About Farm Subsidies in Cabell County

Cabell 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 $802K across 810 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, Cabell 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.