Farm subsidies in Bay County, Florida
The Farm Service Agency paid 5 recipients $299.7 thousand through its Bay office in 2025, across 8 payments — 0.1% of what it paid in Florida.
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Bay County in 2025
- $299.7 thousand
- Paid out
- $299,718
- 57 of 63 counties in Florida by what the office paid.
- 5
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 8
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $1
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 204,479 residents. Farm payments go to farms, not to residents — this is a way to compare counties, not a payment anyone received.
FSA calls this office Bay and numbers it 5 within state 12, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Bay County is 12005.
What Florida was paid for
The state’s programs, largest first. The published file records a program against a payment rather than against a county office, so these are Florida’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $133,641,351 | 1,908 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $61,112,932 | 403 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $34,747,630 | 570 |
| WECPCSCOF | $19,600,982 | 444 |
| ECPCOF | $19,565,678 | 640 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $19,220,251 | 594 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $15,545,549 | 716 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $10,894,682 | 1,680 |
The largest counties in Florida
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough County | $37,486,371 | 234 |
| Polk County | $28,744,438 | 528 |
| Levy County | $21,303,852 | 240 |
| Hardee County | $17,428,359 | 382 |
| DeSoto County | $14,629,974 | 261 |
| Jackson County | $13,065,308 | 364 |
| Lake County | $12,005,949 | 206 |
| Palm Beach County | $11,583,879 | 78 |
| Hendry County | $10,966,585 | 124 |
| Manatee County | $9,194,523 | 147 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Florida · Federal awards recorded in Bay County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work
Data retrieved