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Farm subsidies in Hernando County, Florida
The Farm Service Agency paid 77 recipients $1.9 million through its Hernando office in 2025, across 168 payments — 0.6% of what it paid in Florida.
Hernando County in 2025
- $1.9 million
- Paid out
- $1,862,106
- 1,918 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 41 of 63 counties in Florida by what the office paid.
- 77
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 168
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $8
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 221,701 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 Hernando and numbers it 53 within state 12, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Hernando County is 12053.
The recipients this office paid the most
The 10 recipients with the largest net total through the Hernando office in 2025, each linked to its page. A recipient is a name and mailing address as published, wherever the address is.
| Recipient | Paid out | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Humble Bee Apiary, LLC | $604,981 | 5 |
| Stewart's Tree Service Inc | $214,591 | 2 |
| Brooksville Ridge Blueberries LLC | $133,115 | 2 |
| Duval Family Farms, LLC | $84,247 | 4 |
| Legacy Honey Bees Inc | $68,717 | 2 |
| Pleasant Valley Dairy Inc | $62,109 | 3 |
| Jack Melton Family Inc | $59,775 | 7 |
| Blocker Bee Farm LLC | $45,874 | 3 |
| James Simmons | $37,635 | 4 |
| Campton Ranch Inc | $35,578 | 2 |
What Florida 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 Florida’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $133.6 million$133,641,351 | 1,908 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $61.1 million$61,112,932 | 403 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $34.7 million$34,747,630 | 570 |
| WECPCSCOF | $19.6 million$19,600,982 | 444 |
| ECPCOF | $19.6 million$19,565,678 | 640 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $19.2 million$19,220,251 | 594 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $15.5 million$15,545,549 | 716 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $10.9 million$10,894,682 | 1,680 |
The largest counties in Florida
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough County | $37.5 million$37,486,371 | 234 |
| Polk County | $28.7 million$28,744,438 | 528 |
| Levy County | $21.3 million$21,303,852 | 240 |
| Hardee County | $17.4 million$17,428,359 | 382 |
| DeSoto County | $14.6 million$14,629,974 | 261 |
| Jackson County | $13.1 million$13,065,308 | 364 |
| Lake County | $12.0 million$12,005,949 | 206 |
| Palm Beach County | $11.6 million$11,583,879 | 78 |
| Hendry County | $11.0 million$10,966,585 | 124 |
| Manatee County | $9.2 million$9,194,523 | 147 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Florida · Federal awards recorded in Hernando County · PPP loans in Hernando County · Medicare plans in Hernando County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
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