Farm subsidies in Calhoun County, Mississippi
The Farm Service Agency paid 702 recipients $12.4 million through its Calhoun office in 2025, across 2,431 payments — 3.4% of what it paid in Mississippi.
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Calhoun County in 2025
- $12.4 million
- Paid out
- $12,382,070
- 9 of 82 counties in Mississippi by what the office paid.
- 702
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 2,431
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $979
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 12,643 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 Calhoun and numbers it 13 within state 28, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Calhoun County is 28013.
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 Calhoun 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