Farm subsidies in Franklin County, Vermont
The Farm Service Agency paid 336 recipients $4.6 million through its Franklin office in 2025, across 1,069 payments — 29.3% of what it paid in Vermont.
Franklin County in 2025
- $4.6 million
- Paid out
- $4,587,198
- 1,409 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 1 of 14 counties in Vermont by what the office paid.
- 336
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,069
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $90
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 51,177 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 Franklin and numbers it 11 within state 50, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Franklin County is 50011.
What Vermont 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 Vermont’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $5.4 million$5,414,503 | 702 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $3.8 million$3,843,667 | 291 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $2.3 million$2,275,793 | 91 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $1.5 million$1,459,739 | 223 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $1.3 million$1,333,589 | 34 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $336.0 thousand$335,968 | 8 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $201.6 thousand$201,593 | 171 |
| ECPCOF | $182.4 thousand$182,429 | 14 |
The largest counties in Vermont
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | $4.6 million$4,587,198 | 336 |
| Addison County | $3.0 million$2,990,275 | 152 |
| Chittenden County | $1.7 million$1,690,368 | 139 |
| Orange County | $1.5 million$1,482,423 | 64 |
| Washington County | $879.2 thousand$879,236 | 58 |
| Windham County | $744.7 thousand$744,704 | 56 |
| Orleans County | $639.2 thousand$639,155 | 83 |
| Lamoille County | $633.8 thousand$633,771 | 49 |
| Rutland County | $595.2 thousand$595,185 | 100 |
| Windsor County | $564.2 thousand$564,222 | 58 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Vermont · Federal awards recorded in Franklin County · PPP loans in Franklin 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