Farm subsidies in Owyhee County, Idaho
The Farm Service Agency paid 89 recipients $1.5 million through its Owyhee office in 2025, across 165 payments — 0.6% of what it paid in Idaho.
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Owyhee County in 2025
- $1.5 million
- Paid out
- $1,535,248
- 25 of 38 counties in Idaho by what the office paid.
- 89
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 165
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $121
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 12,661 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 Owyhee and numbers it 73 within state 16, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Owyhee County is 16073.
What Idaho 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 Idaho’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $78,850,228 | 1,074 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $66,318,138 | 4,110 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $55,926,424 | 1,466 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $16,262,377 | 1,336 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $9,666,254 | 410 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $7,786,881 | 1,300 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $6,854,294 | 87 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $3,222,246 | 356 |
The largest counties in Idaho
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Power County | $26,515,110 | 244 |
| Nez Perce County | $17,701,024 | 439 |
| Bingham County | $16,931,084 | 209 |
| Latah County | $15,272,903 | 528 |
| Minidoka County | $14,894,140 | 204 |
| Lewis County | $14,685,267 | 326 |
| Bonneville County | $14,379,081 | 234 |
| Cassia County | $14,218,821 | 239 |
| Canyon County | $12,772,255 | 200 |
| Fremont County | $12,721,004 | 238 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Idaho · Federal awards recorded in Owyhee County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — 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
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