Farm subsidies in Holmes County, Ohio
The Farm Service Agency paid 170 recipients $2.6 million through its Holmes office in 2025, across 757 payments — 0.4% of what it paid in Ohio.
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Holmes County in 2025
- $2.6 million
- Paid out
- $2,649,540
- 63 of 87 counties in Ohio by what the office paid.
- 170
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 757
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $59
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 44,970 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 Holmes and numbers it 75 within state 39, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Holmes County is 39075.
What Ohio 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 Ohio’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $301,894,555 | 28,514 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $138,416,729 | 22,116 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $118,839,186 | 8,619 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $51,707,683 | 16,685 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $20,242,077 | 675 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $11,494,581 | 6,025 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $6,089,140 | 721 |
| CRP - Continuous PIP | $5,749,610 | 1,180 |
The largest counties in Ohio
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Pickaway County | $31,566,246 | 827 |
| Fayette County | $22,958,837 | 671 |
| Mercer County | $22,316,455 | 1,369 |
| Ross County | $19,954,340 | 793 |
| Highland County | $19,505,987 | 967 |
| Wood County | $19,409,041 | 1,676 |
| Union County | $17,695,341 | 774 |
| Madison County | $17,204,813 | 697 |
| Logan County | $16,649,316 | 743 |
| Wyandot County | $16,556,482 | 870 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Ohio · Federal awards recorded in Holmes 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