Farm subsidies in Ohio County, West Virginia
The Farm Service Agency paid 43 recipients $158.3 thousand through its Ohio office in 2025, across 119 payments — 0.4% of what it paid in West Virginia.
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Ohio County in 2025
- $158.3 thousand
- Paid out
- $158,299
- 39 of 51 counties in West Virginia by what the office paid.
- 43
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 119
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $4
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 40,496 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 Ohio and numbers it 69 within state 54, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Ohio County is 54069.
What West 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 West Virginia’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $11,511,441 | 5,514 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $6,611,868 | 1,258 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $3,362,489 | 816 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $2,695,374 | 461 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $2,679,585 | 658 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $2,619,822 | 965 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $2,146,578 | 110 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $1,979,455 | 58 |
The largest counties in West Virginia
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Hampshire County | $3,085,372 | 207 |
| Greenbrier County | $3,064,525 | 328 |
| Jefferson County | $2,708,057 | 144 |
| Berkeley County | $2,705,776 | 155 |
| Hardy County | $2,117,209 | 180 |
| Monroe County | $2,093,808 | 338 |
| Preston County | $2,083,968 | 277 |
| Grant County | $1,694,907 | 230 |
| Mason County | $1,627,169 | 283 |
| Pendleton County | $1,575,737 | 282 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in West Virginia · Federal awards recorded in Ohio County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
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