Federal award data, Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency: contract awards and competition
What does the Farm Service Agency buy, and how many bids do its contracts get?
The Farm Service Agency signed 2,713 new contract awards of $25,000 or more in FY2016-FY2026, worth $2.5B. 92% were competed, and competed awards drew a median of 6 offers; 11% got a single offer. Its most common NAICS code was 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing), with 988 awards.
USAspending.gov data, FY2016-FY2026. Updated .
- New awards
- 2,713
- Obligated
- $2.5B
- Median award
- $242,000
- Median offers
- 6
- Agencies signed about 271 new awards a year from FY2016 to FY2025, 0 of them in FY2025 (down 100% from FY2016).
- The median award was $242,000; 430 different companies won at least one award.
- 53% of awards that report a set-aside were set aside for small businesses or a socioeconomic program, most often small business set-asides.
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Awards per fiscal year
New Farm Service Agency awards of $25,000 or more by the fiscal year they were signed (October to September), with the amount obligated on them to date.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 1,119 | $992M |
| FY2017 | 730 | $722M |
| FY2018 | 688 | $617M |
| FY2019 | 175 | $183M |
| FY2020 | 1 | $40,163 |
| FY2021 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2022 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2024 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2025 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2026* | 0 | $0 |
* FY2026 is still filling in: the Department of Defense reports its awards 90 days late. Full years run to FY2025.
How competitive are these contracts?
92% of awards were competed. Competed awards drew a median of 6 offers, against 3 offers across all federal contracts; 11% got a single offer.
| Offers received | Competed awards |
|---|---|
| 1 (single offer) | 272 (11%) |
| 2 | 210 (9%) |
| 3-4 | 469 (19%) |
| 5-9 | 498 (20%) |
| 10+ | 1,005 (41%) |
2,454 competed awards with an offer count. Not competed: 210 awards (sole source, follow-on or not available for competition).
Set-asides
53% of the 2,524 awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program.
| Set-aside | Awards |
|---|---|
| No set-aside | 1,192 (47%) |
| Small business | 1,017 (40%) |
| 8(a) | 124 (5%) |
| HUBZone | 101 (4%) |
| Service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB) | 68 (3%) |
| Women-owned (WOSB and EDWOSB) | 22 (1%) |
Orders placed under an existing contract vehicle often leave the set-aside blank (it is recorded on the vehicle), so they are left out here.
How big are the awards?
The median award was $242,000. 27% were under $100,000, the range where agencies often use simplified acquisition.
| Amount obligated | Awards |
|---|---|
| Under $100K | 742 (27%) |
| $100K-$1M | 1,426 (53%) |
| $1M-$10M | 519 (19%) |
| $10M+ | 26 (1%) |
What does it buy?
The NAICS codes with the most new awards.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing | 988 | $1.1B |
| 311211 Flour Milling | 359 | $254M |
| 311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending | 258 | $332M |
| 311212 Rice Milling | 154 | $141M |
| 314910 Textile Bag and Canvas Mills | 144 | $21.1M |
| 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | 79 | $36.7M |
| 611430 Professional and Management Development Training | 76 | $5.6M |
| 311513 Cheese Manufacturing | 65 | $50.6M |
Where is the work done?
Awards by place of performance.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 293 | $295M |
| District of Columbia | 263 | $157M |
| North Dakota | 213 | $122M |
| California | 206 | $65.7M |
| Missouri | 204 | $284M |
| Virginia | 171 | $61.1M |
| Utah | 134 | $80.1M |
| Illinois | 131 | $164M |
Largest awards
The five awards with the most obligated, as described by the contracting office. Each links to its record on USAspending.gov.
- Support for production adjustment risk management systemsFarm Service Agency, FY2016$40.2M
- 121nag17s0042 intl aid grainFarm Service Agency, FY2017$16.8M
- 2000005734/4210004023/wheat, hard red winter bulk,sorghum bulkFarm Service Agency, FY2019$16.4M
- Sol ag-inag-s-16-0051, (2000004155), wheat, hard red winter bulk and sorghum bulkFarm Service Agency, FY2016$16.3M
- Sol ag-inag-s-16-0025, (2000003874), wheat, hard red winter bulk and sorghum bulkFarm Service Agency, FY2016$15.1M
Questions
How many bids do Farm Service Agency contracts get?
Competed awards drew a median of 6 offers (FY2016-FY2026, 2,454 awards with an offer count). 11% got a single offer and 61% got five or more. Across all federal contracts the median is 3 offers.
What does the Farm Service Agency buy most?
By number of new awards in FY2016-FY2026: NAICS 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (988), NAICS 311211 Flour Milling (359), NAICS 311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (258), NAICS 311212 Rice Milling (154).
How many Farm Service Agency contracts are set aside for small business?
53% of the awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program: small business set-asides 40%, 8(a) 5%, HUBZone 4%. Orders under existing contract vehicles often leave the field blank, so those are not counted.
Where the numbers come from
Every new federal contract award of $25,000 or more signed from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2026 (FY2016 to FY2026), as reported to USAspending.gov from the Federal Procurement Data System: definitive contracts, purchase orders, delivery orders and BPA calls. Amounts are what has been obligated on each award to date, options and modifications included. Place is the place of performance.
Offer counts are FPDS's “number of offers received” on competed awards. Award recipients are counted but not named here. Pages with fewer than 150 awards (500 for one code in one state) are left out of search engines, because a handful of awards can swing the numbers.
Compiled by Falkview US from public data, updated November 5, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to the page.
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