Farm subsidies in Adams County, Nebraska
The Farm Service Agency paid 823 recipients $19.3 million through its Adams office in 2025, across 2,510 payments — 1.4% of what it paid in Nebraska.
Adams County in 2025
- $19.3 million
- Paid out
- $19,275,819
- 33 of 91 counties in Nebraska by what the office paid.
- 823
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 2,510
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $620
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 31,071 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 Adams and numbers it 1 within state 31, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Adams County is 31001.
What Nebraska 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 Nebraska’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $621,075,034 | 37,602 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $434,387,578 | 24,214 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $118,960,778 | 20,148 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $92,830,556 | 12,129 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $70,433,500 | 14,075 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $29,259,727 | 3,967 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $10,762,472 | 785 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $5,004,743 | 931 |
The largest counties in Nebraska
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Gage County | $35,490,150 | 1,486 |
| Phelps County | $31,787,549 | 752 |
| Platte County | $31,086,468 | 1,367 |
| Thayer County | $31,050,411 | 985 |
| Cedar County | $29,435,750 | 1,052 |
| Knox County | $29,184,466 | 1,258 |
| Saunders County | $28,655,668 | 1,483 |
| Custer County | $27,825,649 | 1,077 |
| Cuming County | $27,646,587 | 983 |
| York County | $26,931,164 | 1,035 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Nebraska · Federal awards recorded in Adams County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
Data retrieved