Farm subsidies in Middlesex County, New Jersey
The Farm Service Agency paid 32 recipients $2.0 million through its Middlesex office in 2025, across 125 payments — 4.2% of what it paid in New Jersey.
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Middlesex County in 2025
- $2.0 million
- Paid out
- $1,999,928
- 9 of 14 counties in New Jersey by what the office paid.
- 32
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 125
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $2
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 883,335 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 Middlesex and numbers it 23 within state 34, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Middlesex County is 34023.
What New Jersey 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 New Jersey’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $34,529,827 | 537 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $6,523,835 | 547 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $2,993,574 | 220 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $2,542,904 | 64 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $1,981,759 | 10 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $959,805 | 283 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program Regular Web-Based | $347,851 | 11 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $182,166 | 15 |
The largest counties in New Jersey
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Salem County | $9,365,180 | 230 |
| Atlantic County | $6,351,978 | 75 |
| Gloucester County | $5,870,573 | 120 |
| Cumberland County | $5,700,489 | 94 |
| Monmouth County | $4,449,279 | 76 |
| Burlington County | $3,836,217 | 131 |
| Hunterdon County | $2,686,031 | 97 |
| Warren County | $2,680,141 | 110 |
| Middlesex County | $1,999,928 | 32 |
| Mercer County | $1,503,638 | 51 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in New Jersey · Federal awards recorded in Middlesex 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