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Deschutes County, Oregon

$208,294 in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)

Opportunity Score: 60/100

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USDA Farm Subsidies — Deschutes County

$208,294 in USDA farm subsidies to Deschutes County recipients (2024).

Sum of payments to 28 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.

Program Breakdown (selected programs, EWG/USDA 2024)

Disaster Payments $190,358
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) $9,337
Dairy Programs $6,232
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $868

Selected program components shown individually. These are separate EWG/USDA pulls and are not additive to the headline subsidy total — no combined "total" is shown. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database / USDA, 2024.

Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy

$1.7M in federal crop-insurance premium subsidy (RMA, 2024).

This is a separate program total (premium-subsidy dollars only) — it is not part of the subsidy headline above and is shown on its own. Source: USDA RMA via EWG, 2024.

Top Subsidy Recipients

# Recipient 2024 Total
1 Taylor Hyde Dba Yainix Ranch $52,385
2 Lightning Bolt Cattle Co LLC $41,697
3 Long Hollow Ranch $34,065
4 J.F.A. $20,889
5 K.J.R. $17,365
6 Big Falls Ranch Co $9,542
7 Burk Dairy LLC $6,232
8 B.M.A. $4,538
9 Desert Creek Cattle LLC $3,399
10 Penhollow Livestock LLC $3,075

Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.

About Farming in Deschutes County

Deschutes County has roughly 1,572 farms working about 153,000 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~97 acres per farm.

In Deschutes County, irrigated cropland rents for roughly $137/acre and farmland is valued near $12,883/acre (USDA NASS).

Local signals from public data: Very low USDA $/acre vs. state average — large funding gap; Elevated beginning-producer presence (85 per 100 farms).

FarmGrant Opportunity Score

60 out of 100
Moderate Opportunity
#11 of 36 in Oregon (72nd pctile)
74th national percentile
Funding Gap? 25.0/25
Program Eligibility? 17.0/25
Insurance Opportunity? 15.6/25
Economic Need? 3.0/25
What drives this score
  • Very low USDA $/acre vs. state average — large funding gap
  • Elevated beginning-producer presence (85 per 100 farms)
  • Elevated women-producer presence (98 per 100 farms)
  • High veteran population (8.6%)
  • Low insured-policy density (0.0 policies/farm)

An opportunity-gap indicator (0–100) built from up to four public-data components — not a prediction that any farm will get funding or qualifies for a program. Sources: USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG subsidy records.

USDA Funding Per Acre

Historically, Deschutes County received about $1.36 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #2,515 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.

2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (153,000 acres, USDA NASS 2022 Census). A descriptive county-wide statistic — not a prediction of what any individual farm received or will receive.

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County Land Economics & Demographics

Population
208,513
(2023, USDA ERS)
Median Income
$95,414
(USDA ERS)
Poverty Rate
8.7%
(USDA ERS)
Unemployment
3.7%
(USDA ERS)
Cropland Rent
$137/ac
(USDA NASS, irrig.)
Land Value
$12,883/ac
(USDA NASS, 2022 Census)
Insurance Policies
38
(USDA RMA)
Acres Insured
584,940
(USDA RMA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much USDA funding does Deschutes County receive?

Deschutes County recipients received about $208,294 in USDA farm subsidies in 2024, per the EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm). This is a single-year county total of recorded payments, not a forecast of future funding.

What USDA programs are available to farmers in Deschutes County?

Farmers may be eligible for a range of USDA programs — conservation (e.g. CRP, EQIP), commodity support (ARC/PLC), disaster assistance, federal crop insurance, and FSA loans. Eligibility depends on your farm; use the free Subsidy Finder to see programs you could qualify for.

How is the FarmGrant Opportunity Score calculated?

The Opportunity Score (0–100; 60 for Deschutes County) is an opportunity-gap indicator built from up to four public-data components — funding gap, program eligibility, insurance opportunity, and economic need — using USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG records. It is not a prediction that any farm will receive funding or qualifies for a specific program.

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Farms in Deschutes County may qualify for USDA programs based on crop, conservation, and disaster activity. Run the free Subsidy Finder to see which programs you could qualify for, then prep your local USDA office visit.

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Data as of June 02, 2026. Subsidy figures: USDA/EWG 2024 release. Farmland acres: USDA NASS 2022 Census. Opportunity score refreshed monthly. Each figure above carries its own data year; this page is never fresher than its oldest input.