Farm subsidies in Buffalo County, Wisconsin
The Farm Service Agency paid 572 recipients $5.5 million through its Buffalo office in 2025, across 2,119 payments — 1.0% of what it paid in Wisconsin.
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Buffalo County in 2025
- $5.5 million
- Paid out
- $5,520,460
- 45 of 71 counties in Wisconsin by what the office paid.
- 572
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 2,119
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $415
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 13,318 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 Buffalo and numbers it 11 within state 55, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Buffalo County is 55011.
What Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $235,764,576 | 20,728 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $127,713,291 | 7,825 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $92,536,916 | 17,894 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $39,879,815 | 1,450 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $32,929,025 | 8,135 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $8,120,737 | 5,148 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $7,235,099 | 269 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $935,044 | 40 |
The largest counties in Wisconsin
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Grant County | $23,315,325 | 1,865 |
| Dane County | $21,933,429 | 1,469 |
| Dodge County | $21,362,424 | 1,040 |
| Rock County | $19,136,676 | 1,133 |
| Marathon County | $17,224,997 | 873 |
| Lafayette County | $15,517,481 | 939 |
| Fond du Lac County | $15,370,378 | 872 |
| Green County | $14,648,836 | 891 |
| Outagamie County | $14,538,483 | 633 |
| Columbia County | $14,250,411 | 717 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Wisconsin · Federal awards recorded in Buffalo 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