Alabama (AL) received $1.46B across 373,374 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$1.46B
Payments
373,374
Counties
92
Avg Payment
$4K
16% below national avg
How Alabama Compares
National Rank
#29 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$285
Share of National Total
1.0%
💡 Key Insight
Alabama's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $382.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($382.5M) was 3.6× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Alabama
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $321.7M |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Program | $154.5M |
| 3 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $122.5M |
| 4 | CFAP Round 2 | $102.4M |
| 5 | CRP Annual Rental | $77.7M |
| 6 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $76.5M |
| 7 | CFAP CCC Payments (A) | $62.2M |
| 8 | Supp Disaster Relief (Non-Specialty Crops) | $52.8M |
| 9 | Emergency Relief Program | $50.7M |
| 10 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $50.0M |
Top Recipients in Alabama
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Thompson Farms Gp | $6.0M |
| 2 | D C Farms | $5.1M |
| 3 | Darden Bridgeforth And Sons | $4.7M |
| 4 | Newby Farms | $4.2M |
| 5 | Haney Farms | $3.8M |
| 6 | Driskell Cotton Farms | $3.6M |
| 7 | Shipes Farms | $3.6M |
| 8 | Liikatchka Plantation General Par | $3.4M |
| 9 | Martin Farm | $3.3M |
| 10 | Helton Brothers Farm | $3.2M |
| 11 | Bragg Farming Company | $3.0M |
| 12 | Tate Farms General Partnership | $2.8M |
| 13 | Sumblin Farm | $2.7M |
| 14 | Sirmon Farms | $2.3M |
| 15 | Mullek Farms | $2.3M |
| 16 | Vaden Farms | $2.2M |
| 17 | Westover Planting Co | $2.1M |
| 18 | Wiggins Farm | $2.0M |
| 19 | Servisfirst Bank | $1.9M |
Counties in Alabama
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geneva | 19,670 | $93.0M |
| 2 | Houston | 19,149 | $87.7M |
| 3 | Coffee | 15,099 | $62.3M |
| 4 | Henry | 11,526 | $60.2M |
| 5 | Limestone | 17,860 | $59.1M |
| 6 | Baldwin | 10,713 | $56.0M |
| 7 | Madison | 16,501 | $52.1M |
| 8 | Lawrence | 12,888 | $52.1M |
| 9 | Covington | 12,399 | $45.7M |
| 10 | Lauderdale | 14,119 | $44.0M |
| 11 | Jackson | 12,791 | $43.5M |
| 12 | Escambia | 8,105 | $39.0M |
| 13 | Dale | 8,240 | $37.7M |
| 14 | Monroe | 9,289 | $36.1M |
| 15 | Dallas | 6,011 | $35.7M |
| 16 | Hale | 3,910 | $35.3M |
| 17 | Barbour | 7,657 | $34.2M |
| 18 | DeKalb | 12,269 | $33.3M |
| 19 | Mobile | 3,131 | $31.5M |
| 20 | Cherokee | 8,397 | $27.7M |
| 21 | Colbert | 8,224 | $27.4M |
| 22 | Pike | 5,940 | $20.6M |
| 23 | Cullman | 6,492 | $19.6M |
| 24 | Marengo | 3,868 | $17.9M |
| 25 | Perry | 3,189 | $17.7M |
| 26 | Lowndes | 2,889 | $17.6M |
| 27 | Marshall | 7,141 | $16.0M |
| 28 | Morgan | 4,602 | $14.6M |
| 29 | Montgomery | 2,708 | $14.5M |
| 30 | Talladega | 3,347 | $13.8M |
| 31 | Autauga | 2,252 | $13.7M |
| 32 | Marion | 4,800 | $13.2M |
| 33 | Elmore | 2,524 | $13.1M |
| 34 | Blount | 4,126 | $12.7M |
| 35 | Calhoun | 3,539 | $12.0M |
| 36 | Sumter | 2,645 | $11.5M |
| 37 | Chilton | 1,640 | $10.2M |
| 38 | Franklin | 3,695 | $9.9M |
| 39 | Crenshaw | 4,132 | $9.6M |
| 40 | Fayette | 3,563 | $9.6M |
| 41 | Conecuh | 2,670 | $9.2M |
| 42 | Etowah | 3,860 | $9.1M |
| 43 | Clay | 2,209 | $9.0M |
| 44 | Russell | 1,686 | $9.0M |
| 45 | Greene | 2,236 | $8.6M |
| 46 | Wilcox | 2,826 | $8.4M |
| 47 | Pickens | 1,260 | $7.3M |
| 48 | Randolph | 2,549 | $7.2M |
| 49 | Butler | 2,826 | $7.1M |
| 50 | Washington | 2,125 | $6.8M |
| 51 | Tuscaloosa | 1,681 | $6.4M |
| 52 | Shelby | 1,638 | $5.9M |
| 53 | Early | 780 | $5.6M |
| 54 | St. Clair | 1,439 | $5.5M |
| 55 | Lee | 1,776 | $5.5M |
| 56 | Winston | 2,282 | $4.7M |
| 57 | Lamar | 1,700 | $4.1M |
| 58 | Bullock | 844 | $3.9M |
| 59 | Chambers | 1,094 | $3.6M |
| 60 | Clarke | 1,221 | $3.6M |
| 61 | Macon | 1,125 | $3.5M |
| 62 | Cleburne | 898 | $3.4M |
| 63 | Noxubee | 696 | $3.2M |
| 64 | Tallapoosa | 741 | $3.1M |
| 65 | Walton | 523 | $3.1M |
| 66 | Jefferson | 567 | $2.8M |
| 67 | Walker | 736 | $2.5M |
| 68 | Bibb | 418 | $2.2M |
| 69 | Choctaw | 786 | $2.2M |
| 70 | Lincoln | 644 | $1.6M |
| 71 | George | 313 | $1.5M |
| 72 | Giles | 662 | $1.3M |
| 73 | Quitman | 253 | $1.1M |
| 74 | Santa Rosa | 199 | $956K |
| 75 | Seminole | 118 | $945K |
| 76 | Woodbury | 87 | $850K |
| 77 | Coosa | 361 | $829K |
| 78 | Holmes | 285 | $760K |
| 79 | Coahoma | 54 | $718K |
| 80 | Richland | 141 | $717K |
| 81 | Pemiscot | 293 | $709K |
| 82 | Wayne | 359 | $667K |
| 83 | Baker | 27 | $663K |
| 84 | Stoddard | 124 | $620K |
| 85 | Chicot | 77 | $598K |
| 86 | East Carroll | 35 | $589K |
| 87 | Panola | 207 | $574K |
| 88 | Chickasaw | 174 | $572K |
| 89 | Floyd | 237 | $541K |
| 90 | Keokuk | 165 | $538K |
| 91 | Carroll | 91 | $453K |
| 92 | Leflore | 230 | $440K |
📊 Understanding Alabama's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Alabama received $1.46B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #29 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was Price Loss Coverage Program at $321.7M, followed by Livestock Forage Program at $154.5M. Payments flowed to recipients across 92 counties.
The average payment in Alabama ($4K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Alabama with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.