Farm subsidies in McHenry County, North Dakota
The Farm Service Agency paid 839 recipients $25.2 million through its McHenry office in 2025, across 2,560 payments — 2.2% of what it paid in North Dakota.
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McHenry County in 2025
- $25.2 million
- Paid out
- $25,173,377
- 20 of 53 counties in North Dakota by what the office paid.
- 839
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 2,560
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $4.9 thousand
- Per resident
- $4,907
- Over the Census Bureau's 5,130 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 McHenry and numbers it 49 within state 38, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for McHenry County is 38049.
What North Dakota 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 North Dakota’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $669,440,511 | 17,309 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $256,019,948 | 11,495 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $72,597,730 | 10,521 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $63,653,325 | 2,926 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $35,349,144 | 1,832 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $27,368,849 | 5,726 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $11,448,104 | 2,506 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $10,179,190 | 705 |
The largest counties in North Dakota
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Cavalier County | $51,135,612 | 705 |
| Richland County | $50,373,954 | 1,058 |
| Cass County | $43,432,885 | 925 |
| Stutsman County | $42,387,048 | 944 |
| Walsh County | $42,199,017 | 1,010 |
| Grand Forks County | $35,818,710 | 1,031 |
| Ward County | $34,368,730 | 772 |
| McLean County | $33,987,465 | 790 |
| Barnes County | $31,952,271 | 816 |
| Williams County | $31,668,469 | 511 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in North Dakota · Federal awards recorded in McHenry 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