Farm subsidies in Bennington County, Vermont
The Farm Service Agency paid 23 recipients $97.7 thousand through its Bennington office in 2025, across 70 payments — 0.6% of what it paid in Vermont.
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Bennington County in 2025
- $97.7 thousand
- Paid out
- $97,705
- 13 of 14 counties in Vermont by what the office paid.
- 23
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 70
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $3
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 36,630 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 Bennington and numbers it 3 within state 50, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Bennington County is 50003.
What Vermont 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 Vermont’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $5,414,503 | 702 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $3,843,667 | 291 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $2,275,793 | 91 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $1,459,739 | 223 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $1,333,589 | 34 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $335,968 | 8 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $201,593 | 171 |
| ECPCOF | $182,429 | 14 |
The largest counties in Vermont
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | $4,587,198 | 336 |
| Addison County | $2,990,275 | 152 |
| Chittenden County | $1,690,368 | 139 |
| Orange County | $1,482,423 | 64 |
| Washington County | $879,236 | 58 |
| Windham County | $744,704 | 56 |
| Orleans County | $639,155 | 83 |
| Lamoille County | $633,771 | 49 |
| Rutland County | $595,185 | 100 |
| Windsor County | $564,222 | 58 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Vermont · Federal awards recorded in Bennington 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