$2.9M in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)
Opportunity Score: 69/100
$2.9M in USDA farm subsidies to Santa Barbara County recipients (2024).
Sum of payments to 113 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.
$6.2M 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 | Rancho Bonita Farms | $500,000 |
| 2 | K.A.P. | $176,838 |
| 3 | Brassica Farms | $148,197 |
| 4 | Socal Berry Growers LLC | $141,686 |
| 5 | Carlyle Farming Company LLC | $131,714 |
| 6 | Luis Family Ltd Partnership | $128,917 |
| 7 | Rancho San Julian Cattle LLC | $121,764 |
| 8 | Brothers Best Farming Inc | $119,809 |
| 9 | Fresh Venture Farms LLC | $117,083 |
| 10 | Tres Osos Ranch Inc | $103,607 |
Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above.
Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.
Santa Barbara County has roughly 1,359 farms working about 621,663 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~457 acres per farm.
In Santa Barbara County, irrigated cropland rents for roughly $2,410/acre and farmland is valued near $21,172/acre (USDA NASS).
Local signals from public data: Below-average USDA $/acre vs. state; Elevated beginning-producer presence (60 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, Santa Barbara County received about $4.66 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #1,588 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.
2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (621,663 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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Santa Barbara County recipients received about $2.9M 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; 69 for Santa Barbara 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 California counties.
Farms in Santa Barbara 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.