Farm subsidies in Lander County, Nevada
The Farm Service Agency paid 11 recipients $276.4 thousand through its Lander office in 2025, across 18 payments — 1.7% of what it paid in Nevada.
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Lander County in 2025
- $276.4 thousand
- Paid out
- $276,427
- 9 of 14 counties in Nevada by what the office paid.
- 11
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 18
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $47
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 5,872 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 Lander and numbers it 15 within state 32, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Lander County is 32015.
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 Lander 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