Farm subsidies in Dutchess County, New York
The Farm Service Agency paid 64 recipients $1.0 million through its Dutchess office in 2025, across 139 payments — 0.8% of what it paid in New York.
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Dutchess County in 2025
- $1.0 million
- Paid out
- $1,032,987
- 32 of 55 counties in New York by what the office paid.
- 64
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 139
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $3
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 300,708 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 Dutchess and numbers it 27 within state 36, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Dutchess County is 36027.
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 Dutchess 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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