Putnam County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Putnam County in West Virginia received $3.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,165 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2530 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#13 of 53

Total Subsidies

$3.9M

Payments

2,165

Peak Year

2025

$1.1M

Avg Payment

$2K

61% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Putnam County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $1.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($972K) was 43.7× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 61% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.1M463$2K
2024$590K249$2K
2023$60K101$593
2022$751K157$5K
2021$287K262$1K
2020$972K768$1K
2019$127K75$2K
2018$35K44$786
2017$22K46$483

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About Farm Subsidies in Putnam County

Putnam 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 $3.9M across 2,165 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Putnam County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $1.1M.

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.