Farm subsidies in Elko County, Nevada
The Farm Service Agency paid 135 recipients $4.2 million through its Elko office in 2025, across 256 payments — 25.3% of what it paid in Nevada.
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Elko County in 2025
- $4.2 million
- Paid out
- $4,182,491
- 1 of 14 counties in Nevada by what the office paid.
- 135
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 256
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $76
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 54,815 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 Elko and numbers it 7 within state 32, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Elko County is 32007.
What Nevada 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 Nevada’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $5,811,456 | 366 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $5,279,661 | 15 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $4,345,321 | 134 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $1,391,374 | 36 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $1,262,362 | 41 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $1,024,957 | 116 |
| ECPCOF | $916,590 | 19 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $646,885 | 12 |
The largest counties in Nevada
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Elko County | $4,182,491 | 135 |
| Humboldt County | $2,540,645 | 88 |
| Lincoln County | $2,098,436 | 42 |
| Churchill County | $1,986,344 | 51 |
| Lyon County | $1,469,147 | 39 |
| Pershing County | $1,447,719 | 53 |
| Washoe County | $1,133,685 | 47 |
| White Pine County | $1,016,840 | 49 |
| Lander County | $276,427 | 11 |
| Douglas County | $133,854 | 6 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Nevada · Federal awards recorded in Elko 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