Calhoun County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Calhoun County in West Virginia received $576K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 368 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2962 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#43 of 53

Total Subsidies

$576K

Payments

368

Peak Year

2024

$242K

Avg Payment

$2K

66% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Calhoun County's peak subsidy year was 2024 at $242K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($144K) was 22.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 66% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$136K78$2K
2024$242K72$3K
2023$4K10$448
2022$1K3$389
2021$26K42$620
2020$144K139$1K
2019$4K10$413
2018$12K9$1K
2017$6K5$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Calhoun County

Calhoun 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 $576K across 368 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Calhoun County's subsidy payments peaked in 2024 at $242K.

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.