Louisiana (LA) received $2.23B across 386,017 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$2.23B
Payments
386,017
Counties
100
Avg Payment
$6K
25% above national avg
How Louisiana Compares
National Rank
#23 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$486
Share of National Total
1.5%
💡 Key Insight
Louisiana's peak subsidy year was 2024 at $379.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($279.8M) was 2.2× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Louisiana
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $544.9M |
| 2 | Emerg Assist Livestock Bees Fish (Elap) | $218.3M |
| 3 | CRP Annual Rental | $192.7M |
| 4 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $171.3M |
| 5 | Livestock Forage Program | $153.3M |
| 6 | Market Facilitation Program (Crops) | $120.6M |
| 7 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $117.8M |
| 8 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $104.7M |
| 9 | CFAP Round 2 | $102.7M |
| 10 | CFAP CARES Act | $85.9M |
Top Recipients in Louisiana
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agrifund Llc | $40.5M |
| 2 | First South Farm Credit Aca | $35.9M |
| 3 | Southern Us Trade Association | $30.7M |
| 4 | Agrifund Llc | $17.7M |
| 5 | Commercial Capital Bank | $10.9M |
| 6 | Capital One Bank National Associa | $10.0M |
| 7 | St Martin Bank & Trust Co | $9.0M |
| 8 | Ag Resource Arm Management | $8.4M |
| 9 | Thibodeaux Ag Group | $7.9M |
| 10 | First Guaranty Bank | $7.8M |
| 11 | Condrey Farms | $7.1M |
| 12 | First South Farm Credit Aca | $6.8M |
| 13 | Delta Bank | $6.8M |
| 14 | Caldwell Bank And Trust Co | $6.7M |
| 15 | The Evangeline Bank & Trust Co | $5.6M |
| 16 | Washington State Bank | $5.2M |
| 17 | Catahoula-Lasalle Bank | $5.0M |
| 18 | Balmoral Farming Partnership | $4.4M |
| 19 | Ash More Farm Partnership | $4.2M |
| 20 | Farm Service Agency/Commodity Cre | $4.1M |
| 21 | Familia Farm Partnership | $4.1M |
| 22 | Schenley Farm Ptrshp | $4.0M |
| 23 | Sunshine Honey Bees Llc | $4.0M |
| 24 | Four Oaks Farms | $3.7M |
| 25 | Wccb | $3.7M |
Counties in Louisiana
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia | 33,468 | $197.4M |
| 2 | Jefferson Davis | 20,018 | $168.4M |
| 3 | Vermilion | 32,074 | $134.2M |
| 4 | Morehouse | 13,783 | $124.4M |
| 5 | Madison | 13,343 | $105.7M |
| 6 | St. Landry | 22,803 | $103.2M |
| 7 | Evangeline | 18,769 | $102.1M |
| 8 | Avoyelles | 18,749 | $92.6M |
| 9 | Franklin | 26,563 | $92.0M |
| 10 | East Carroll | 9,914 | $92.0M |
| 11 | Concordia | 15,896 | $85.3M |
| 12 | Tensas | 10,192 | $82.2M |
| 13 | Richland | 14,818 | $79.7M |
| 14 | Catahoula | 10,021 | $64.8M |
| 15 | Rapides | 8,546 | $63.8M |
| 16 | West Carroll | 16,412 | $63.5M |
| 17 | Natchitoches | 6,149 | $39.2M |
| 18 | Pointe Coupee | 7,423 | $37.3M |
| 19 | Allen | 4,548 | $37.1M |
| 20 | Calcasieu | 4,878 | $32.8M |
| 21 | District of Columbia | 444 | $31.8M |
| 22 | Cameron | 2,447 | $30.4M |
| 23 | Ouachita | 2,770 | $23.0M |
| 24 | Caddo | 2,911 | $21.2M |
| 25 | Tangipahoa | 4,793 | $18.8M |
| 26 | Caldwell | 3,069 | $17.3M |
| 27 | St. Martin | 2,164 | $17.0M |
| 28 | Washington | 3,565 | $15.8M |
| 29 | Red River | 2,296 | $15.0M |
| 30 | Beauregard | 2,610 | $13.2M |
| 31 | Ashley | 1,671 | $11.7M |
| 32 | Bossier | 1,994 | $10.3M |
| 33 | Grant | 1,821 | $8.8M |
| 34 | Bolivar | 718 | $8.3M |
| 35 | Chicot | 1,118 | $8.1M |
| 36 | Lafayette | 1,906 | $8.1M |
| 37 | Iberville | 1,487 | $7.9M |
| 38 | De Soto | 1,245 | $5.9M |
| 39 | St. Helena | 1,868 | $5.8M |
| 40 | Union | 1,309 | $5.6M |
| 41 | Sunflower | 371 | $5.2M |
| 42 | Iberia | 1,308 | $4.4M |
| 43 | Lafourche | 873 | $4.1M |
| 44 | East Feliciana | 883 | $4.0M |
| 45 | Yazoo | 417 | $3.9M |
| 46 | Sabine | 818 | $3.9M |
| 47 | Phillips | 291 | $3.8M |
| 48 | Plaquemines | 211 | $3.7M |
| 49 | Lincoln | 1,039 | $3.4M |
| 50 | St. Mary | 412 | $3.3M |
| 51 | Livingston | 734 | $3.3M |
| 52 | Vernon | 776 | $3.3M |
| 53 | West Baton Rouge | 521 | $3.1M |
| 54 | Leflore | 329 | $3.1M |
| 55 | Claiborne | 654 | $2.9M |
| 56 | Webster | 902 | $2.5M |
| 57 | Jackson | 799 | $2.5M |
| 58 | Warren | 268 | $2.4M |
| 59 | Craighead | 428 | $2.3M |
| 60 | Dunklin | 270 | $1.8M |
| 61 | West Feliciana | 332 | $1.7M |
| 62 | La Salle | 770 | $1.5M |
| 63 | Northampton | 173 | $1.5M |
| 64 | East Baton Rouge | 392 | $1.4M |
| 65 | Middlesex | 8 | $1.4M |
| 66 | Arkansas | 224 | $1.3M |
| 67 | Ascension | 319 | $1.2M |
| 68 | Desha | 269 | $1.2M |
| 69 | Prairie | 136 | $1.2M |
| 70 | Wilkinson | 139 | $1.2M |
| 71 | Winn | 320 | $1.2M |
| 72 | St. Charles | 150 | $1.2M |
| 73 | Matagorda | 13 | $1.2M |
| 74 | Adams | 320 | $1.2M |
| 75 | Amite | 357 | $1.2M |
| 76 | St. James | 160 | $1.1M |
| 77 | Tallahatchie | 136 | $1.1M |
| 78 | Jefferson | 193 | $1.1M |
| 79 | Lonoke | 217 | $1.1M |
| 80 | Drew | 195 | $1.0M |
| 81 | St. Tammany | 283 | $995K |
| 82 | Assumption | 190 | $977K |
| 83 | White | 109 | $968K |
| 84 | Calhoun | 204 | $950K |
| 85 | Woodruff | 227 | $928K |
| 86 | Pike | 370 | $877K |
| 87 | Humphreys | 131 | $863K |
| 88 | Swisher | 135 | $861K |
| 89 | Mississippi | 331 | $857K |
| 90 | Coahoma | 95 | $839K |
| 91 | Clay | 272 | $831K |
| 92 | Terrebonne | 195 | $816K |
| 93 | St. Francis | 100 | $777K |
| 94 | Bienville | 281 | $750K |
| 95 | Pearl River | 159 | $730K |
| 96 | Panola | 128 | $720K |
| 97 | Greene | 220 | $708K |
| 98 | Lawrence | 140 | $682K |
| 99 | Monroe | 440 | $666K |
| 100 | Holmes | 115 | $665K |
📊 Understanding Louisiana's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Louisiana received $2.23B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #23 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was Price Loss Coverage Program at $544.9M, followed by Emerg Assist Livestock Bees Fish (Elap) at $218.3M. Payments flowed to recipients across 100 counties.
The average payment in Louisiana ($6K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Louisiana with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.