Farm subsidies in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
The Farm Service Agency paid 207 recipients $4.2 million through its Pittsylvania office in 2025, across 630 payments — 3.8% of what it paid in Virginia.
Pittsylvania County in 2025
- $4.2 million
- Paid out
- $4,185,427
- 1,475 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 6 of 77 counties in Virginia by what the office paid.
- 207
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 630
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $70
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 59,490 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 Pittsylvania and numbers it 143 within state 51, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Pittsylvania County is 51143.
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 Pittsylvania County · PPP loans in Pittsylvania County
Sources
- 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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