Farm subsidies in Bristol County, Massachusetts
The Farm Service Agency paid 134 recipients $1.6 million through its Bristol office in 2025, across 326 payments — 10.4% of what it paid in Massachusetts.
Bristol County in 2025
- $1.6 million
- Paid out
- $1,615,078
- 6 of 14 counties in Massachusetts by what the office paid.
- 134
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 326
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $3
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 593,640 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 Bristol and numbers it 5 within state 25, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Bristol County is 25005.
What Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $12,392,819 | 604 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $1,344,171 | 11 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $579,008 | 143 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $500,096 | 28 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $326,655 | 3 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program Regular Web-Based | $157,129 | 3 |
| ECPCOF | $90,701 | 6 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 2-Specialty Crops | $19,342 | 1 |
The largest counties in Massachusetts
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesex County | $3,442,171 | 53 |
| Hampshire County | $2,113,997 | 87 |
| Franklin County | $2,034,237 | 80 |
| Plymouth County | $1,859,115 | 87 |
| Worcester County | $1,669,030 | 134 |
| Bristol County | $1,615,078 | 134 |
| Hampden County | $709,391 | 26 |
| Norfolk County | $689,372 | 35 |
| Essex County | $488,693 | 46 |
| Berkshire County | $438,797 | 49 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Massachusetts · Federal awards recorded in Bristol County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
Data retrieved