Farm subsidies in Brown County, Kansas
The Farm Service Agency paid 707 recipients $10.0 million through its Brown office in 2025, across 1,674 payments — 0.6% of what it paid in Kansas.
Brown County in 2025
- $10.0 million
- Paid out
- $9,984,258
- 80 of 105 counties in Kansas by what the office paid.
- 707
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,674
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $1.1 thousand
- Per resident
- $1,097
- Over the Census Bureau's 9,104 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 Brown and numbers it 13 within state 20, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Brown County is 20013.
What Kansas 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 Kansas’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $732,496,982 | 54,079 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $644,418,974 | 32,910 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $169,810,604 | 35,034 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $105,174,559 | 18,617 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $75,693,084 | 17,321 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $13,105,321 | 2,939 |
| WECPCSCOF | $5,039,574 | 227 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $2,904,224 | 265 |
The largest counties in Kansas
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas County | $46,698,526 | 880 |
| Sheridan County | $42,663,091 | 875 |
| Sumner County | $40,407,592 | 1,870 |
| Sherman County | $34,163,348 | 813 |
| Gray County | $31,382,811 | 881 |
| Reno County | $31,377,188 | 1,739 |
| Scott County | $31,228,994 | 791 |
| Mitchell County | $30,396,183 | 873 |
| Finney County | $28,349,665 | 792 |
| Republic County | $28,334,600 | 1,056 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Kansas · Federal awards recorded in Brown 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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