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Saint Lucie County, Florida

$2.5M in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)

Opportunity Score: 28/100

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USDA Farm Subsidies — Saint Lucie County

$2.5M in USDA farm subsidies to Saint Lucie County recipients (2024).

Sum of payments to 38 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.

Program Breakdown (selected programs, EWG/USDA 2024)

Disaster Payments $2.3M

Selected program components shown individually. These are separate EWG/USDA pulls and are not additive to the headline subsidy total — no combined "total" is shown. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database / USDA, 2024.

Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy

$7.4M in federal crop-insurance premium subsidy (RMA, 2024).

This is a separate program total (premium-subsidy dollars only) — it is not part of the subsidy headline above and is shown on its own. Source: USDA RMA via EWG, 2024.

Top Subsidy Recipients

# Recipient 2024 Total
1 Heller Bros Packing Co $458,305
2 Wescott Groves LLC $414,743
3 Hbh Groves LLC $280,966
4 A.A. $167,830
5 Bee Zee Apiary LLC $132,079
6 Florida Queen Bees & Honey LLC $124,091
7 Osif, LLC $115,944
8 Bernard A Egan Groves Inc $115,913
9 Happy Food LLC $78,016
10 Blue Goose Growers LLC $71,965

Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.

About Farming in Saint Lucie County

Saint Lucie County has roughly 404 farms working about 165,667 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~410 acres per farm.

In Saint Lucie County, farmland is valued near $6,408/acre (USDA NASS).

Local signals from public data: Above-average USDA $/acre — fewer gaps; High veteran population (9.8%).

FarmGrant Opportunity Score

28 out of 100
Low Opportunity
#67 of 67 in Florida (1st pctile)
4th national percentile
Funding Gap? 5.0/25
Program Eligibility? 7.0/25
Insurance Opportunity? 11.9/25
Economic Need? 5.0/25
What drives this score
  • Above-average USDA $/acre — fewer gaps
  • High veteran population (9.8%)
  • High loss ratio (3.71) — elevated indemnities

An opportunity-gap indicator (0–100) built from up to four public-data components — not a prediction that any farm will get funding or qualifies for a program. Sources: USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG subsidy records.

USDA Funding Per Acre

Historically, Saint Lucie County received about $15.01 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #404 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.

2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (165,667 acres, USDA NASS 2022 Census). A descriptive county-wide statistic — not a prediction of what any individual farm received or will receive.

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County Land Economics & Demographics

Population
373,586
(2023, USDA ERS)
Median Income
$66,876
(USDA ERS)
Poverty Rate
10.4%
(USDA ERS)
Unemployment
3.5%
(USDA ERS)
Land Value
$6,408/ac
(USDA NASS, 2022 Census)
Insurance Policies
397
(USDA RMA)
Acres Insured
2,145,727
(USDA RMA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much USDA funding does Saint Lucie County receive?

Saint Lucie County recipients received about $2.5M in USDA farm subsidies in 2024, per the EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm). This is a single-year county total of recorded payments, not a forecast of future funding.

What USDA programs are available to farmers in Saint Lucie County?

Farmers may be eligible for a range of USDA programs — conservation (e.g. CRP, EQIP), commodity support (ARC/PLC), disaster assistance, federal crop insurance, and FSA loans. Eligibility depends on your farm; use the free Subsidy Finder to see programs you could qualify for.

How is the FarmGrant Opportunity Score calculated?

The Opportunity Score (0–100; 28 for Saint Lucie County) is an opportunity-gap indicator built from up to four public-data components — funding gap, program eligibility, insurance opportunity, and economic need — using USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG records. It is not a prediction that any farm will receive funding or qualifies for a specific program.

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Could your farm benefit?

Farms in Saint Lucie County may qualify for USDA programs based on crop, conservation, and disaster activity. Run the free Subsidy Finder to see which programs you could qualify for, then prep your local USDA office visit.

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Data as of June 02, 2026. Subsidy figures: USDA/EWG 2024 release. Farmland acres: USDA NASS 2022 Census. Opportunity score refreshed monthly. Each figure above carries its own data year; this page is never fresher than its oldest input.