Farm subsidies in Seneca County, Ohio
The Farm Service Agency paid 1,297 recipients $12.7 million through its Seneca office in 2025, across 5,708 payments — 1.9% of what it paid in Ohio.
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Seneca County in 2025
- $12.7 million
- Paid out
- $12,699,113
- 20 of 87 counties in Ohio by what the office paid.
- 1,297
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 5,708
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $233
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 54,522 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 Seneca and numbers it 147 within state 39, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Seneca County is 39147.
What Ohio 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 Ohio’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $301,894,555 | 28,514 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $138,416,729 | 22,116 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $118,839,186 | 8,619 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $51,707,683 | 16,685 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $20,242,077 | 675 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $11,494,581 | 6,025 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $6,089,140 | 721 |
| CRP - Continuous PIP | $5,749,610 | 1,180 |
The largest counties in Ohio
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Pickaway County | $31,566,246 | 827 |
| Fayette County | $22,958,837 | 671 |
| Mercer County | $22,316,455 | 1,369 |
| Ross County | $19,954,340 | 793 |
| Highland County | $19,505,987 | 967 |
| Wood County | $19,409,041 | 1,676 |
| Union County | $17,695,341 | 774 |
| Madison County | $17,204,813 | 697 |
| Logan County | $16,649,316 | 743 |
| Wyandot County | $16,556,482 | 870 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Ohio · Federal awards recorded in Seneca 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