Farm subsidies in Centre County, Pennsylvania
The Farm Service Agency paid 231 recipients $1.8 million through its Centre office in 2025, across 686 payments — 1.1% of what it paid in Pennsylvania.
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Centre County in 2025
- $1.8 million
- Paid out
- $1,807,201
- 29 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania by what the office paid.
- 231
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 686
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $11
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 157,393 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 Centre and numbers it 27 within state 42, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Centre County is 42027.
What Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $63,916,600 | 6,300 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $33,923,572 | 840 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $22,190,052 | 1,873 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $17,797,979 | 2,864 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $12,033,658 | 3,236 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $9,556,473 | 148 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $1,272,361 | 384 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $1,165,956 | 56 |
The largest counties in Pennsylvania
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County | $17,482,493 | 342 |
| Chester County | $16,176,213 | 232 |
| Lancaster County | $10,891,567 | 690 |
| York County | $10,424,135 | 402 |
| Franklin County | $8,978,225 | 358 |
| Berks County | $6,323,220 | 452 |
| Erie County | $5,508,083 | 313 |
| Cumberland County | $4,275,522 | 286 |
| Bedford County | $3,856,727 | 249 |
| Schuylkill County | $3,702,545 | 249 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Pennsylvania · Federal awards recorded in Centre County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — 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
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