$401,255 in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)
$401,255 in USDA farm subsidies to Nicholas County recipients (2024).
Sum of payments to 63 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.
$401,255 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 | B.S. | $86,163 |
| 2 | K.E.B. | $31,477 |
| 3 | L.R. | $19,331 |
| 4 | N.W. | $16,831 |
| 5 | B.M. | $15,884 |
| 6 | B.L.M. | $14,092 |
| 7 | J.M. | $12,908 |
| 8 | K.A. | $11,234 |
| 9 | C.E.B. | $10,844 |
| 10 | J.R.P. | $10,109 |
Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above.
Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.
Economics color the picture in Nicholas County — about 19% of residents live below the poverty line (USDA ERS), a level at which USDA's beginning-farmer and limited-resource provisions may be relevant. Alongside that, veterans make up about 8% of the adult population (USDA ERS) — a community where veteran-and-beginning-farmer USDA programs may be especially worth a look.
Nicholas County has roughly 401 farms working about 50,144 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~125 acres per farm.
In Nicholas County, non-irrigated cropland rents for roughly $18/acre and farmland is valued near $3,066/acre (USDA NASS).
Nicholas County is predominantly hay country — a forage county. Its leading harvested crops are hay (~72% of harvested cropland) and orchards & fruit (~1% of harvested cropland) (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture).
Cattle run at roughly 9 head per 100 farmland acres (about 2,831 head of beef cows in inventory) here (USDA NASS, 2022 Census).
Recorded payments in Nicholas County are fairly concentrated: the top 5 recipients accounted for about 42% of the county's recorded USDA farm-subsidy dollars across 63 recipients (EWG Farm Subsidy Database, totalfarm, 2024). A descriptive split of recorded payments, not a measure of need.
With grazing and forage a large part of the land use in Nicholas County, conservation and grazing-oriented USDA programs — such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and grassland options under CRP — may be worth asking your local NRCS office about. This is signposting from county land-use patterns, not an eligibility determination.
Local signals from public data: Receives near or above the WV-average USDA $/acre.; Rural (non-metro) county.
Your local USDA service center is where farms in Nicholas County apply for FSA and NRCS programs and get free, in-person help — they handle program sign-ups, conservation plans, and loan applications.
Source: USDA Service Center locator (Farmers.gov). Office details can change — confirm current hours and appointments via farmers.gov/service-center-locator.
Not enough public data to score this county.
We don't have enough public data to publish a single Underserved Score for this county yet — the score is published only when all three components (USDA support per acre, producer-priority composition, and crop-insurance coverage) have data. The available components are shown above. Lower USDA $/acre often reflects pasture, specialty, or non-commodity land use, not unclaimed funding.
These are USDA programs commonly relevant to counties like this one, based on public county patterns. They are not a determination that you qualify — you may be eligible; check with your local FSA or NRCS office.
Counties receiving below-average USDA dollars per acre are often under-enrolled in conservation programs open to most land. You may be eligible — these are worth asking your NRCS or FSA office about.
This county has a high share of beginning producers per 100 farms. These USDA programs give beginning producers priority scoring, set-asides, or higher cost-share — if that's you, they're worth a look.
If you grow covered program crops, these commodity-support programs may apply. Eligibility depends on your crops and base acres — check with your FSA office.
Historically, Nicholas County received about $8.00 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That is near the state average for USDA $/acre. That ranks #1,028 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.
2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (50,144 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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Nicholas County recipients received about $401,255 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.
With grazing and forage prominent in Nicholas County, conservation and working-lands programs (EQIP, CSP, grassland CRP) and disaster/livestock assistance may be especially relevant, alongside federal crop insurance and FSA loans. Eligibility depends on your farm; use the free Subsidy Finder to see programs you could qualify for, then confirm with your local FSA or NRCS office.
Compare USDA subsidy data and Underserved Scores for nearby West Virginia counties.
Farms in Nicholas 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 08, 2026. Subsidy figures: USDA/EWG 2024 release. Farmland acres: USDA NASS 2022 Census. Underserved Score refreshed monthly. Each figure above carries its own data year; this page is never fresher than its oldest input.