Farm subsidies in Worcester County, Massachusetts
The Farm Service Agency paid 134 recipients $1.7 million through its Worcester office in 2025, across 271 payments — 10.8% of what it paid in Massachusetts.
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Worcester County in 2025
- $1.7 million
- Paid out
- $1,669,030
- 5 of 14 counties in Massachusetts by what the office paid.
- 134
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 271
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $2
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 888,502 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 Worcester and numbers it 27 within state 25, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Worcester County is 25027.
What Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $12,392,819 | 604 |
| Emerg Assist Livestock Bees Fish (Elap) | $1,344,171 | 11 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $579,008 | 143 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $500,096 | 28 |
| Supp Disaster Relief Spec Crops 1 | $326,655 | 3 |
| Nap Regular Web-Based | $157,129 | 3 |
| Ecpcof | $90,701 | 6 |
| Emrgncy Relief PRGM Track 2-Speclty CRPS | $19,342 | 1 |
The largest counties in Massachusetts
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesex County | $3,442,171 | 53 |
| Hampshire County | $2,113,997 | 87 |
| Franklin County | $2,034,237 | 80 |
| Plymouth County | $1,859,115 | 87 |
| Worcester County | $1,669,030 | 134 |
| Bristol County | $1,615,078 | 134 |
| Hampden County | $709,391 | 26 |
| Norfolk County | $689,372 | 35 |
| Essex County | $488,693 | 46 |
| Berkshire County | $438,797 | 49 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Massachusetts · Federal awards recorded in Worcester 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