FARMGRANT COUNTY PROFILE · PUBLIC USDA DATA

Saint Mary County, Louisiana

$306,447 in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)

Opportunity Score: 69/100

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USDA Farm Subsidies — Saint Mary County

$306,447 in USDA farm subsidies to Saint Mary County recipients (2024).

Sum of payments to 12 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.

Program Breakdown (selected programs, EWG/USDA 2024)

Disaster Payments $282,698

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

$2.4M 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 Freyou Cattle Company LLC $107,162
2 Double S Ranch LLC $51,246
3 Cml Green Acres LLC $39,802
4 L.R. $35,683
5 B.V. $28,783
6 K.L.B. $16,094
7 Champagne Farms Inc $11,875
8 Southside Farms Inc $11,875
9 H.J.S.J. $1,773
10 Lanie Farms Inc $1,459

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

About Farming in Saint Mary County

Saint Mary County has roughly 75 farms working about 65,220 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~870 acres per farm.

In Saint Mary County, non-irrigated cropland rents for roughly $88/acre and farmland is valued near $3,498/acre (USDA NASS).

Local signals from public data: Very low USDA $/acre vs. state average — large funding gap; Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs.

FarmGrant Opportunity Score

69 out of 100
High Opportunity
#16 of 64 in Louisiana (77th pctile)
91st national percentile
Funding Gap? 25.0/25
Program Eligibility? 17.0/25
Insurance Opportunity? 11.9/25
Economic Need? 16.0/25
What drives this score
  • Very low USDA $/acre vs. state average — large funding gap
  • Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs
  • Elevated beginning-producer presence (67 per 100 farms)
  • Above-average women producers (60 per 100 farms)
  • Notable veteran population (5.4%)
  • High loss ratio (3.33) — elevated indemnities
  • Above-average poverty (21.4%)
  • Below-average income ($51,179)

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 Mary County received about $4.70 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #1,578 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.

2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (65,220 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
47,055
(2023, USDA ERS)
Median Income
$51,179
(USDA ERS)
Poverty Rate
21.4%
(USDA ERS)
Unemployment
4.2%
(USDA ERS)
Cropland Rent
$88/ac
(USDA NASS, non-irrig.)
Land Value
$3,498/ac
(USDA NASS, 2022 Census)
Insurance Policies
102
(USDA RMA)
Acres Insured
38,002
(USDA RMA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much USDA funding does Saint Mary County receive?

Saint Mary County recipients received about $306,447 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 Mary 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; 69 for Saint Mary 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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Farms in Saint Mary 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.