Farm subsidies in Cortland County, New York
The Farm Service Agency paid 119 recipients $1.0 million through its Cortland office in 2025, across 268 payments — 0.8% of what it paid in New York.
Cortland County in 2025
- $1.0 million
- Paid out
- $1,032,210
- 2,229 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 33 of 55 counties in New York by what the office paid.
- 119
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 268
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $23
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 45,850 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 Cortland and numbers it 23 within state 36, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Cortland County is 36023.
What New York 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 New York’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $62,480,596 | 1,789 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $56,221,340 | 3,672 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $19,369,246 | 444 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $7,484,541 | 556 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $1,691,936 | 49 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program Regular Web-Based | $1,577,520 | 30 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $1,396,053 | 405 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $1,039,787 | 634 |
The largest counties in New York
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Orleans County | $15,945,967 | 142 |
| Wayne County | $11,867,575 | 220 |
| Cayuga County | $6,310,461 | 270 |
| Genesee County | $5,989,658 | 168 |
| Chautauqua County | $5,569,796 | 237 |
| Ontario County | $5,021,025 | 211 |
| Steuben County | $4,928,327 | 267 |
| Niagara County | $4,855,744 | 138 |
| Livingston County | $4,807,552 | 167 |
| Ulster County | $4,397,444 | 67 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in New York · Federal awards recorded in Cortland 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