$7,771 in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)
Opportunity Score: 61/100
$7,771 in USDA farm subsidies to Jefferson County recipients (2024).
Sum of payments to 5 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.
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.
$7,770 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.
| # | Recipient | 2024 Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tri-j Cattle LLC | $3,355 |
| 2 | Double G Cattle, LLC | $1,822 |
| 3 | Leander J. Taylor Dba 5t Cattle Company, LLC | $1,822 |
| 4 | E.W.B.J. | $505 |
| 5 | J Bar L Cattle Company | $267 |
Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above.
Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.
Jefferson County has roughly 20 farms working about 25,047 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~1,252 acres per farm.
In Jefferson County, farmland is valued near $2,176/acre (USDA NASS).
Local signals from public data: Very low USDA $/acre vs. state average — large funding gap; Elevated beginning-producer presence (55 per 100 farms).
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.
Historically, Jefferson County received about $0.31 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #2,859 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.
2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (25,047 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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Jefferson County recipients received about $7,771 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.
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.
The Opportunity Score (0–100; 61 for Jefferson 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.
Compare USDA subsidy data and Opportunity Scores for nearby Louisiana counties.
Farms in Jefferson 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.
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.