Pennsylvania (PA) received $1.32B across 369,406 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$1.32B
Payments
369,406
Counties
77
Avg Payment
$4K
23% below national avg
How Pennsylvania Compares
National Rank
#30 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$102
Share of National Total
0.9%
💡 Key Insight
Pennsylvania's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $499.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($499.8M) was 18.2× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Pennsylvania
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CFAP Round 2 | $196.0M |
| 2 | Dairy Margin Coverage | $193.2M |
| 3 | CRP Annual Rental | $138.0M |
| 4 | CFAP CARES Act | $116.0M |
| 5 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $73.9M |
| 6 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $65.6M |
| 7 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $65.4M |
| 8 | CFAP CCC Payments (A) | $60.2M |
| 9 | Market Facilitation Program (Crops) | $42.8M |
| 10 | Market Access Program | $40.2M |
Top Recipients in Pennsylvania
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food Export Usa Northeast | $40.2M |
| 2 | Commonwealth Of Pensylvania | $7.0M |
| 3 | Lerew Brothers | $4.0M |
| 4 | Bear Mountain Orchards Inc | $3.6M |
| 5 | R & L Orchard Co | $3.4M |
| 6 | Mountain Ridge Farms Inc | $3.3M |
| 7 | Bonnie Brae Fruit Farms Inc | $3.3M |
| 8 | John B Peters Inc | $3.2M |
| 9 | Sernak Farms Inc | $2.9M |
| 10 | Star Rock Services | $2.8M |
| 11 | Brian Campbell Farms | $2.6M |
| 12 | M D Basciani & Sons Inc | $2.4M |
| 13 | Evergreen Farms Inc | $2.1M |
| 14 | Hills Of Home Farms | $2.0M |
| 15 | Jones Harvesting Llc | $1.9M |
| 16 | Mercer-Vu Farms Inc | $1.9M |
Counties in Pennsylvania
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancaster | 25,597 | $129.6M |
| 2 | Franklin | 13,392 | $69.3M |
| 3 | Adams | 8,592 | $68.4M |
| 4 | Berks | 15,609 | $64.2M |
| 5 | Chester | 7,143 | $62.3M |
| 6 | District of Columbia | 318 | $47.2M |
| 7 | York | 13,094 | $46.7M |
| 8 | Bradford | 15,421 | $35.6M |
| 9 | Lebanon | 6,943 | $35.3M |
| 10 | Cumberland | 8,841 | $32.1M |
| 11 | Blair | 5,128 | $30.5M |
| 12 | Northumberland | 8,726 | $29.4M |
| 13 | Huntingdon | 6,534 | $27.9M |
| 14 | Bedford | 7,718 | $26.3M |
| 15 | Crawford | 7,654 | $25.7M |
| 16 | Perry | 6,856 | $24.8M |
| 17 | Centre | 7,960 | $24.5M |
| 18 | Mercer | 10,908 | $24.3M |
| 19 | Somerset | 8,385 | $23.6M |
| 20 | Indiana | 8,008 | $23.4M |
| 21 | Lycoming | 9,951 | $23.0M |
| 22 | Erie | 7,868 | $22.9M |
| 23 | Columbia | 7,205 | $22.8M |
| 24 | Schuylkill | 9,073 | $22.6M |
| 25 | Mifflin | 5,514 | $21.2M |
| 26 | Juniata | 5,810 | $19.3M |
| 27 | Tioga | 7,834 | $18.8M |
| 28 | Dauphin | 4,985 | $16.8M |
| 29 | Westmoreland | 6,337 | $16.1M |
| 30 | Snyder | 5,155 | $15.4M |
| 31 | Butler | 6,526 | $14.6M |
| 32 | Lehigh | 4,157 | $13.1M |
| 33 | Cambria | 4,888 | $13.0M |
| 34 | Northampton | 4,263 | $12.9M |
| 35 | Armstrong | 5,260 | $12.6M |
| 36 | Union | 3,551 | $12.2M |
| 37 | Lawrence | 4,926 | $12.0M |
| 38 | Bucks | 3,062 | $11.1M |
| 39 | Fayette | 4,467 | $10.5M |
| 40 | Clinton | 2,227 | $10.3M |
| 41 | Potter | 3,714 | $9.9M |
| 42 | Fulton | 3,188 | $9.8M |
| 43 | Susquehanna | 4,838 | $9.2M |
| 44 | Washington | 3,384 | $8.5M |
| 45 | Clarion | 4,100 | $8.1M |
| 46 | Montour | 2,590 | $6.7M |
| 47 | Jefferson | 2,603 | $5.7M |
| 48 | Warren | 1,821 | $5.7M |
| 49 | Luzerne | 2,854 | $5.5M |
| 50 | Carbon | 1,232 | $5.4M |
| 51 | Wayne | 2,873 | $5.3M |
| 52 | Clearfield | 2,554 | $5.0M |
| 53 | Venango | 1,727 | $4.7M |
| 54 | Beaver | 1,996 | $3.4M |
| 55 | Montgomery | 1,509 | $3.0M |
| 56 | Monroe | 956 | $2.8M |
| 57 | Greene | 843 | $2.7M |
| 58 | Wyoming | 1,662 | $2.7M |
| 59 | McKean | 1,355 | $2.3M |
| 60 | Sullivan | 1,652 | $2.1M |
| 61 | Lackawanna | 977 | $2.0M |
| 62 | Steuben | 261 | $1.7M |
| 63 | New Castle | 82 | $1.3M |
| 64 | Butte | 55 | $1.3M |
| 65 | Chautauqua | 79 | $1.1M |
| 66 | Floyd | 390 | $1.1M |
| 67 | Marion | 144 | $1.0M |
| 68 | Chemung | 99 | $981K |
| 69 | Elk | 550 | $978K |
| 70 | Mahoning | 107 | $709K |
| 71 | Allegheny | 256 | $618K |
| 72 | Sussex | 180 | $595K |
| 73 | Delaware | 122 | $583K |
| 74 | Kimball | 119 | $534K |
| 75 | Carroll | 332 | $526K |
| 76 | Cecil | 157 | $497K |
| 77 | Forest | 296 | $466K |
📊 Understanding Pennsylvania's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Pennsylvania received $1.32B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #30 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was CFAP Round 2 at $196.0M, followed by Dairy Margin Coverage at $193.2M. Payments flowed to recipients across 77 counties.
The average payment in Pennsylvania ($4K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Pennsylvania with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.