Gooding County, Idaho Farm Subsidies

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Gooding County in Idaho received $62.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 3,768 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#876 of 3087

Rank in Idaho

#13 of 43

Total Subsidies

$62.6M

Payments

3,768

Peak Year

2020

$33.7M

Avg Payment

$17K

258% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Gooding County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $33.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($33.7M) was 19.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $17K is 258% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$3.4M209$16K
2024$517K59$9K
2023$5.0M242$21K
2022$1.1M99$11K
2021$6.0M733$8K
2020$33.7M1,211$28K
2019$7.5M594$13K
2018$3.6M381$9K
2017$1.8M240$7K

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About Farm Subsidies in Gooding County

Gooding County, Idaho is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $62.6M across 3,768 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Gooding County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.