Farm subsidies in Benton County, Missouri
The Farm Service Agency paid 535 recipients $7.5 million through its Benton office in 2025, across 1,707 payments — 0.9% of what it paid in Missouri.
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Benton County in 2025
- $7.5 million
- Paid out
- $7,543,433
- 51 of 115 counties in Missouri by what the office paid.
- 535
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,707
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $367
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 20,536 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 15 within state 29, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Benton County is 29015.
What Missouri 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 Missouri’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $381,283,577 | 30,133 |
| Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 | $164,006,068 | 10,186 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief PRGM-2023-24 | $106,783,017 | 26,896 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $99,344,214 | 13,280 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $50,610,870 | 7,543 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Prog - County | $40,908,404 | 12,635 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $12,497,795 | 1,931 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (Cof) | $9,737,024 | 1,933 |
The largest counties in Missouri
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Stoddard County | $28,091,368 | 897 |
| New Madrid County | $27,768,603 | 949 |
| Dunklin County | $25,397,099 | 1,112 |
| Bates County | $24,720,000 | 989 |
| Vernon County | $20,484,703 | 1,049 |
| Mississippi County | $19,214,090 | 615 |
| Audrain County | $19,157,494 | 892 |
| Carroll County | $19,043,582 | 1,405 |
| Pettis County | $17,849,873 | 1,049 |
| Barton County | $17,022,494 | 901 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Missouri · Federal awards recorded in Benton County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work
Data retrieved