Benton County, Oregon Farm Subsidies

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Benton County in Oregon received $16.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,395 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1781 of 3087

Rank in Oregon

#24 of 36

Total Subsidies

$16.7M

Payments

1,395

Peak Year

2021

$4.1M

Avg Payment

$12K

158% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Benton County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $4.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($3.2M) was 3.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 158% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$3.8M180$21K
2024$641K85$8K
2023$1.2M109$11K
2022$1.3M136$10K
2021$4.1M221$18K
2020$3.2M269$12K
2019$862K161$5K
2018$747K121$6K
2017$912K113$8K

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About Farm Subsidies in Benton County

Benton County, Oregon 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 $16.7M across 1,395 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Benton County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $4.1M.

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.