Farm subsidies in Lancaster County, Virginia
The Farm Service Agency paid 43 recipients $910.0 thousand through its Lancaster office in 2025, across 348 payments — 0.8% of what it paid in Virginia.
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Lancaster County in 2025
- $910.0 thousand
- Paid out
- $909,988
- 41 of 77 counties in Virginia by what the office paid.
- 43
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 348
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $83
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 10,995 residents. Farm payments go to farms, not to residents — this is a way to compare counties, not a payment anyone received.
FSA calls this office Lancaster and numbers it 103 within state 51, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Lancaster County is 51103.
What Virginia was paid for
The state’s programs, largest first. The published file records a program against a payment rather than against a county office, so these are Virginia’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $47,515,860 | 2,889 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $34,366,936 | 2,435 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $16,093,679 | 2,798 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $14,598,150 | 501 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program Regular Web-Based | $10,813,376 | 778 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $8,220,007 | 156 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $5,749,457 | 1,741 |
| ECPCOF | $4,172,352 | 246 |
The largest counties in Virginia
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta County | $7,189,003 | 582 |
| Hanover County | $5,507,912 | 64 |
| Isle of Wight County | $4,420,863 | 148 |
| Northampton County | $4,333,142 | 54 |
| Accomack County | $4,190,376 | 99 |
| Pittsylvania County | $4,185,427 | 207 |
| Essex County | $4,054,654 | 66 |
| Franklin County | $3,425,171 | 193 |
| Sussex County | $3,113,613 | 153 |
| Bedford County | $3,105,484 | 305 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Virginia · Federal awards recorded in Lancaster County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work
Data retrieved