Farm subsidies in Benton County, Indiana
The Farm Service Agency paid 750 recipients $9.2 million through its Benton office in 2025, across 2,074 payments — 1.6% of what it paid in Indiana.
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Benton County in 2025
- $9.2 million
- Paid out
- $9,203,325
- 18 of 92 counties in Indiana by what the office paid.
- 750
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 2,074
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $1.0 thousand
- Per resident
- $1,036
- Over the Census Bureau's 8,883 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 Benton and numbers it 7 within state 18, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Benton County is 18007.
What Indiana 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 Indiana’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $394,912,511 | 30,370 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $82,955,696 | 5,928 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $38,209,096 | 14,233 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $34,873,968 | 11,234 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $15,261,475 | 452 |
| Emergency Conservation Program Financial Assistance COF | $1,839,899 | 49 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $1,487,896 | 396 |
| CRP - Continuous PIP | $1,193,769 | 547 |
The largest counties in Indiana
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Knox County | $18,211,250 | 650 |
| Huntington County | $14,796,314 | 788 |
| Whitley County | $13,035,247 | 567 |
| Wabash County | $12,853,217 | 760 |
| LaPorte County | $12,277,274 | 687 |
| White County | $12,247,572 | 724 |
| Jasper County | $11,767,554 | 676 |
| Wells County | $10,877,264 | 737 |
| Gibson County | $10,630,003 | 726 |
| Boone County | $10,541,492 | 610 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Indiana · Federal awards recorded in Benton 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
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