Farm subsidies in Virginia
The Farm Service Agency paid 5,472 recipients in Virginia $44.0 million in 2023, across 12,458 payments through 97 county offices — 0.5% of what it paid nationally.
American Factbook Research
Virginia in 2023
- $44.0 million
- Paid out
- $43,974,560
- 0.5% of the national total, which was $9.2 billion.
- 5,472
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 12,458
- Payments
- One row is one disbursement, not one recipient and not one year.
- 97
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farming counties.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAIRY MARGIN COVERAGE | $15,669,291 | 219 | 2,080 |
| NAP REGULAR WEB-BASED | $9,266,102 | 714 | 1,467 |
| EMRGNCY RELIEF PRGM TRK 1-NONSPCLTY CRPS | $5,680,078 | 757 | 758 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $2,081,887 | 2,100 | 2,105 |
| EMERG ASSIST LIVESTOCK BEES FISH (ELAP) | $1,897,646 | 5 | 5 |
| CRP PAYMENT - ANNUAL RENTAL | $1,774,811 | 2,010 | 2,976 |
| PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE REVENUE PROGRAM | $1,211,356 | 281 | 281 |
| EMERGENCY RELIEF PRGM 2 | $979,196 | 18 | 29 |
| EMGNCY RELIEF PRGM-NONSPECIALITY CROPS | $800,505 | 125 | 138 |
| CRP COST-SHARE WEB-BASED - COF | $733,220 | 81 | 177 |
Every county office
| County | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham, Harrisonburg City | $4,599,270 | 219 | 1,051 |
| Franklin County | $3,120,359 | 118 | 584 |
| Bedford County | $3,049,511 | 255 | 660 |
| Pittsylvania County | $2,869,477 | 179 | 416 |
| Augusta County | $2,815,782 | 270 | 678 |
| Carroll, East Galax City | $2,555,364 | 210 | 544 |
| Accomack County | $2,115,566 | 59 | 96 |
| Grayson, West Galax City | $1,514,558 | 150 | 406 |
| Wythe County | $1,430,626 | 282 | 600 |
| Campbell, Lynchburg City | $932,588 | 68 | 186 |
| Botetourt County | $830,937 | 64 | 154 |
| Patrick County | $743,974 | 163 | 358 |
| Pulaski County | $740,671 | 66 | 146 |
| Shenandoah County | $708,354 | 61 | 187 |
| Floyd County | $700,559 | 92 | 203 |
| Montgomery, Radford City | $682,966 | 105 | 230 |
| Southampton, Franklin City | $649,765 | 193 | 399 |
| Brunswick County | $619,783 | 81 | 132 |
| Fauquier County | $598,057 | 86 | 189 |
| Craig County | $576,301 | 42 | 116 |
| Orange County | $546,708 | 40 | 98 |
| Rockbridge, Buena Vista City, Lexington City | $546,078 | 79 | 145 |
| Washington, Bristol City | $520,990 | 170 | 261 |
| Amelia County | $520,348 | 60 | 134 |
| Halifax County | $485,380 | 177 | 296 |
| Cumberland County | $443,834 | 34 | 80 |
| Appomattox County | $418,057 | 36 | 99 |
| Northampton County | $417,019 | 61 | 562 |
| Henry, Martinsville City | $400,899 | 20 | 47 |
| Dinwiddie, Petersburg City | $376,832 | 72 | 136 |
| Mecklenburg County | $372,872 | 88 | 135 |
| Greensville, Emporia City | $319,299 | 87 | 145 |
| Charlotte County | $309,716 | 56 | 143 |
| Smyth County | $287,143 | 84 | 134 |
| Goochland County | $282,609 | 15 | 37 |
| Prince Edward County | $280,766 | 75 | 128 |
| Hanover County | $277,285 | 24 | 49 |
| Russell County | $271,975 | 159 | 226 |
| Bland County | $270,147 | 75 | 142 |
| Northumberland County | $261,343 | 14 | 29 |
| Louisa County | $257,691 | 60 | 95 |
| Madison County | $250,722 | 42 | 77 |
| Suffolk | $240,943 | 69 | 106 |
| Isle of Wight County | $224,742 | 50 | 87 |
| Sussex County | $203,861 | 69 | 131 |
| Albemarle, Charlottesville City | $202,338 | 39 | 51 |
| Page County | $197,275 | 40 | 66 |
| Tazewell County | $188,708 | 84 | 111 |
| Amherst County | $180,280 | 30 | 46 |
| Culpeper County | $145,818 | 47 | 73 |
| Bath County | $141,861 | 7 | 17 |
| Fairfax County | $127,237 | 4 | 5 |
| Alleghany, Covington City | $124,276 | 4 | 13 |
| King William County | $121,652 | 7 | 19 |
| Roanoke, Roanoke City, Salem City | $119,128 | 22 | 31 |
| Surry County | $113,117 | 29 | 45 |
| Giles County | $112,036 | 47 | 68 |
| Lunenburg County | $109,824 | 32 | 51 |
| Greene County | $102,632 | 25 | 48 |
| Caroline County | $91,557 | 28 | 38 |
| Clarke County | $89,921 | 14 | 37 |
| King and Queen County | $88,426 | 15 | 32 |
| Loudoun County | $86,196 | 19 | 41 |
| Nelson County | $83,610 | 25 | 28 |
| Highland County | $81,665 | 28 | 39 |
| Westmoreland County | $72,877 | 32 | 48 |
| Nottoway County | $65,119 | 36 | 70 |
| Buckingham County | $64,265 | 45 | 67 |
| Wise County | $63,492 | 14 | 19 |
| Middlesex County | $62,203 | 13 | 20 |
| Prince George County | $59,492 | 27 | 35 |
| Chesapeake | $54,919 | 14 | 23 |
| Scott County | $53,401 | 82 | 99 |
| Fluvanna County | $40,159 | 20 | 24 |
| Frederick, Winchester City | $35,516 | 15 | 21 |
| King George County | $30,393 | 22 | 31 |
| Essex County | $28,075 | 15 | 26 |
| Lee County | $25,733 | 65 | 76 |
| Rappahannock County | $24,989 | 10 | 14 |
| Lancaster County | $18,714 | 10 | 12 |
| Stafford County | $17,491 | 9 | 11 |
| Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg City | $16,695 | 13 | 18 |
| Chesterfield County | $14,352 | 6 | 7 |
| Virginia Beach | $14,328 | 4 | 6 |
| New Kent County | $10,069 | 12 | 25 |
| Prince William County | $8,165 | 7 | 8 |
| James City, Williamsburg City | $7,497 | 1 | 11 |
| Richmond County | $7,265 | 9 | 12 |
| Powhatan County | $6,069 | 6 | 10 |
| Henrico County | $6,060 | 2 | 3 |
| Charles City County | $4,361 | 4 | 8 |
| Warren County | $3,813 | 5 | 6 |
| Mathews County | $3,755 | 3 | 3 |
| Buchanan County | $1,928 | 8 | 9 |
| Dickenson County | $1,784 | 10 | 10 |
| Gloucester County | $1,460 | 5 | 8 |
| York, Poquoson City | $842 | 2 | 2 |
The largest recipients in Virginia
| Recipient | Where | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Measure Oyster Company Llc | ACCOMAC | $1,705,958 | 2 |
| North Point Farm Inc | WAYNESBORO | $381,168 | 33 |
| Reyes Nature Greens, Llc | INDEPENDENCE | $271,512 | 7 |
| Jacob Steed Bacon | DUNDAS | $262,396 | 5 |
| Carter S Elliott Jr | LYNCHBURG | $245,449 | 15 |
| Levering Fruits Inc | ARARAT | $197,631 | 3 |
| Andrew L Barker Jr | AXTON | $195,848 | 4 |
| Waller Farms Inc | HURT | $185,369 | 19 |
| Marshall Dairy Farm Inc | UNIONVILLE | $184,125 | 12 |
| Mountain View Farms Of Virginia Llc | CHATHAM | $179,507 | 11 |
Virginia elsewhere on the Factbook
- Reported crimeCrime and justice
Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.
- Cities by violent crime rateCrime and justice
What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.
- Prison populationCrime and justice
People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.
- Arrests by race, sex and ageCrime and justice
Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.
- Hate crimeCrime and justice
Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.
- Federal obligationsFederal spending
What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.
- Registered nonprofitsNonprofits
How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.
- Payments to doctorsHealth
What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.
- Immigration courtsImmigration and the border
The EOIR courts sitting in the state, what they completed and still have pending, and how far apart their asylum grant rates are. The courts, not the state’s residents: a detention court hears cases from far outside it.
- The Virginia Factbook entryAcross the Factbook
Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.
The immigration link above is EOIR’s courts, which sit in this state. CBP’s encounters are not by state and will not be: its sectors and field offices are areas of responsibility rather than a geography, and assigning them to states would be a claim the data does not make. Immigration and the border.
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work. USDA states no licence on the payment-files page itself; its site-wide Digital Rights and Copyright notice reads "Most information presented on the USDA Web site is considered public domain information. Public domain information may be freely distributed or copied, but use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. Attribution may be cited as follows: 'U.S. Department of Agriculture.'" It carves out third-party material — "Some materials on the USDA Web site are protected by copyright, trademark, or patent … USDA has made every attempt to identify and clearly label them" — which does not reach these files: they are FSA's own administrative record of disbursements it made, and are not labelled otherwise. The attribution is honoured rather than treated as optional: every page naming a figure from this file names the publisher and links the file. Read 22 September 2026 from a December 2024 archive snapshot, because usda.gov/policies-and-links returns 403 to scripted agents. · retrieved September 22, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work, and the publisher's own words rather than recalled ones. The Census Bureau's Open Government page says: "The U.S. Census Bureau publishes its data as open data, meaning it is freely available for use and re-use by the public" — https://www.census.gov/about/policies/open-gov.html, read 23 September 2026. Its citation policy asks to be credited: "Proper citation ensures that Census Bureau statistical products and research can be discovered, reused, replicated for verification, and credited for recognition" — https://www.census.gov/about/policies/citation.html, same date. That is honoured rather than treated as optional: every page carrying a county figure from this file names the U.S. Census Bureau. · retrieved September 23, 2026
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