Farm subsidies in Butler County, Kansas
The Farm Service Agency paid 1,086 recipients $18.4 million through its Butler office in 2025, across 3,576 payments — 1.0% of what it paid in Kansas.
Butler County in 2025
- $18.4 million
- Paid out
- $18,413,808
- 403 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 50 of 105 counties in Kansas by what the office paid.
- 1,086
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 3,576
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $265
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 69,484 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 Butler and numbers it 15 within state 20, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Butler County is 20015.
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 Butler County · PPP loans in Butler 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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