Farm subsidies in Iron County, Utah
The Farm Service Agency paid 60 recipients $1.4 million through its Iron office in 2025, across 168 payments — 2.9% of what it paid in Utah.
Iron County in 2025
- $1.4 million
- Paid out
- $1,364,865
- 14 of 29 counties in Utah by what the office paid.
- 60
- 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.
- $20
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 67,141 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 Iron and numbers it 21 within state 49, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Iron County is 49021.
What Utah 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 Utah’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $15,746,813 | 809 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $9,117,093 | 1,090 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $7,939,573 | 1,051 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $4,802,580 | 160 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $3,397,713 | 342 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $2,563,160 | 143 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $1,949,251 | 179 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $731,570 | 60 |
The largest counties in Utah
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Box Elder County | $8,426,633 | 399 |
| Millard County | $4,438,340 | 274 |
| Cache County | $3,573,378 | 276 |
| San Juan County | $3,223,122 | 294 |
| Sanpete County | $2,809,814 | 129 |
| Utah County | $2,691,135 | 111 |
| Emery County | $2,506,774 | 123 |
| Washington County | $2,028,947 | 78 |
| Sevier County | $1,954,047 | 98 |
| Uintah County | $1,889,448 | 100 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Utah · Federal awards recorded in Iron 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