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Farm subsidies in Carson County, Texas
The Farm Service Agency paid 462 recipients $21.7 million through its Carson office in 2025, across 1,750 payments — 1.1% of what it paid in Texas.
Carson County in 2025
- $21.7 million
- Paid out
- $21,733,477
- 290 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 25 of 254 counties in Texas by what the office paid.
- 462
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,750
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $3,744
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 5,805 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 Carson and numbers it 65 within state 48, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Carson County is 48065.
The recipients this office paid the most
The 10 recipients with the largest net total through the Carson office in 2025, each linked to its page. A recipient is a name and mailing address as published, wherever the address is.
| Recipient | Paid out | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Williams Family Farms | $2.3 million$2,345,735 | 14 |
| Friemel Family Farms | $1.4 million$1,414,612 | 17 |
| Lacy John Kotara | $463,026 | 14 |
| Steve Hightower Family Farms LLC | $448,697 | 9 |
| Paul T Weinheimer | $381,920 | 14 |
| Fields Land & Cattle LTD | $380,253 | 18 |
| Jarret Weinheimer | $326,804 | 15 |
| Justin & Barbi Dauer JV | $321,903 | 17 |
| Corby Shadid | $307,000 | 5 |
| Berry Farms | $301,887 | 6 |
What Texas 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 Texas’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $825.2 million$825,226,464 | 34,013 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $561.7 million$561,739,464 | 22,801 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $148.7 million$148,708,576 | 36,540 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $87.9 million$87,885,768 | 16,994 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $68.9 million$68,850,403 | 8,593 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $41.4 million$41,448,862 | 8,204 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $40.2 million$40,163,952 | 7,008 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $39.4 million$39,438,094 | 1,210 |
The largest counties in Texas
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Gaines County | $89.7 million$89,692,673 | 988 |
| Dawson County | $60.3 million$60,333,378 | 1,415 |
| Hale County | $55.0 million$55,012,298 | 1,434 |
| Lubbock County | $52.4 million$52,402,445 | 1,655 |
| Lamb County | $51.9 million$51,886,658 | 1,310 |
| Terry County | $50.0 million$50,009,675 | 1,104 |
| Hockley County | $49.5 million$49,534,504 | 1,383 |
| Lynn County | $47.2 million$47,170,481 | 1,141 |
| Floyd County | $38.6 million$38,631,071 | 1,159 |
| Castro County | $33.9 million$33,920,902 | 659 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Texas · Federal awards recorded in Carson County · PPP loans in Carson County · Medicare plans in Carson County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
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