Farm subsidies in Talbot County, Maryland
The Farm Service Agency paid 316 recipients $7.9 million through its Talbot office in 2025, across 1,674 payments — 8.4% of what it paid in Maryland.
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Talbot County in 2025
- $7.9 million
- Paid out
- $7,871,792
- 4 of 23 counties in Maryland by what the office paid.
- 316
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,674
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $206
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 38,238 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 Talbot and numbers it 41 within state 24, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Talbot County is 24041.
What Maryland 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 Maryland’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $36,342,552 | 2,458 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $18,947,609 | 1,811 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $17,667,403 | 913 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $9,733,308 | 313 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $9,577,715 | 2,042 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $810,174 | 36 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $536,157 | 396 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $327,699 | 85 |
The largest counties in Maryland
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Kent County | $12,370,934 | 395 |
| Queen Anne's County | $9,639,200 | 417 |
| Frederick County | $8,168,211 | 407 |
| Talbot County | $7,871,792 | 316 |
| Caroline County | $7,590,737 | 384 |
| Dorchester County | $7,313,213 | 324 |
| Carroll County | $6,041,281 | 417 |
| Washington County | $5,024,294 | 285 |
| Worcester County | $4,674,930 | 275 |
| Baltimore County | $4,536,041 | 136 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Maryland · Federal awards recorded in Talbot 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