Farm subsidies in Barren County, Kentucky
The Farm Service Agency paid 347 recipients $3.9 million through its Barren office in 2025, across 855 payments — 1.3% of what it paid in Kentucky.
Barren County in 2025
- $3.9 million
- Paid out
- $3,897,166
- 1,518 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 27 of 116 counties in Kentucky by what the office paid.
- 347
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 855
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $85
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 45,641 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 Barren and numbers it 9 within state 21, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Barren County is 21009.
What Kentucky 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 Kentucky’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $129,922,674 | 12,716 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $66,620,771 | 3,213 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $42,515,135 | 9,748 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $22,234,104 | 4,906 |
| Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance | $6,360,027 | 81 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $5,841,726 | 713 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $5,468,582 | 359 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $3,483,358 | 925 |
The largest counties in Kentucky
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Christian County | $23,284,787 | 712 |
| Logan County | $15,237,838 | 679 |
| Graves County | $12,239,255 | 1,084 |
| Union County | $11,134,613 | 427 |
| Calloway County | $10,170,398 | 1,120 |
| Todd County | $9,830,619 | 431 |
| McLean County | $9,676,872 | 663 |
| Daviess County | $9,142,138 | 1,324 |
| Webster County | $7,476,675 | 668 |
| Ohio County | $7,261,030 | 654 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Kentucky · Federal awards recorded in Barren 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