Farm subsidies in Benton County, Mississippi
The Farm Service Agency paid 131 recipients $1.5 million through its Benton office in 2025, across 442 payments — 0.4% of what it paid in Mississippi.
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Benton County in 2025
- $1.5 million
- Paid out
- $1,479,800
- 44 of 82 counties in Mississippi by what the office paid.
- 131
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 442
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $197
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 7,502 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 9 within state 28, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Benton County is 28009.
What Mississippi 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 Mississippi’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $145,155,757 | 4,353 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $60,437,370 | 1,690 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $38,801,393 | 7,069 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $33,585,938 | 2,639 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $31,097,242 | 4,105 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $30,329,615 | 9,902 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $11,059,356 | 330 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $4,156,440 | 39 |
The largest counties in Mississippi
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $26,558,681 | 373 |
| Bolivar County | $21,445,311 | 464 |
| Leflore County | $21,391,192 | 437 |
| Coahoma County | $19,148,344 | 350 |
| Sunflower County | $18,862,636 | 436 |
| Yazoo County | $18,644,311 | 576 |
| Tallahatchie County | $13,597,013 | 562 |
| Panola County | $12,815,606 | 709 |
| Calhoun County | $12,382,070 | 702 |
| Sharkey County | $12,266,084 | 195 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Mississippi · 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