Farm subsidies in Butler County, Nebraska
The Farm Service Agency paid 1,003 recipients $22.2 million through its Butler office in 2025, across 3,168 payments — 1.6% of what it paid in Nebraska.
Butler County in 2025
- $22.2 million
- Paid out
- $22,208,568
- 278 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 29 of 91 counties in Nebraska by what the office paid.
- 1,003
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 3,168
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $2,611
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 8,507 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 23 within state 31, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Butler County is 31023.
What Nebraska 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 Nebraska’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $621,075,034 | 37,602 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $434,387,578 | 24,214 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $118,960,778 | 20,148 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $92,830,556 | 12,129 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $70,433,500 | 14,075 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $29,259,727 | 3,967 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $10,762,472 | 785 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $5,004,743 | 931 |
The largest counties in Nebraska
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Gage County | $35,490,150 | 1,486 |
| Phelps County | $31,787,549 | 752 |
| Platte County | $31,086,468 | 1,367 |
| Thayer County | $31,050,411 | 985 |
| Cedar County | $29,435,750 | 1,052 |
| Knox County | $29,184,466 | 1,258 |
| Saunders County | $28,655,668 | 1,483 |
| Custer County | $27,825,649 | 1,077 |
| Cuming County | $27,646,587 | 983 |
| York County | $26,931,164 | 1,035 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Nebraska · Federal awards recorded 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
Data retrieved