Monongalia County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Monongalia County in West Virginia received $813K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 533 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2917 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#36 of 53

Total Subsidies

$813K

Payments

533

Peak Year

2020

$271K

Avg Payment

$2K

67% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Monongalia County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $271K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($271K) was 15.2× 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$193K107$2K
2024$180K48$4K
2023$4K14$254
2022$5K6$797
2021$128K79$2K
2020$271K232$1K
2019$8K14$541
2018$8K19$437
2017$18K14$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Monongalia County

Monongalia 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 $813K across 533 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, Monongalia 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.