Fayette County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Fayette County in West Virginia received $597K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 386 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2957 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#42 of 53

Total Subsidies

$597K

Payments

386

Peak Year

2020

$244K

Avg Payment

$2K

67% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Fayette County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $244K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($244K) was 46.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 67% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$144K92$2K
2024$154K50$3K
2023$2K4$506
2022$2K3$707
2021$38K56$676
2020$244K168$1K
2019$2K3$613
2018$4K4$1K
2017$5K6$874

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About Farm Subsidies in Fayette County

Fayette 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 $597K across 386 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, Fayette 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.