Farm subsidies in Chester County, Tennessee
The Farm Service Agency paid 234 recipients $2.0 million through its Chester office in 2025, across 1,102 payments — 0.6% of what it paid in Tennessee.
Chester County in 2025
- $2.0 million
- Paid out
- $2,010,930
- 1,871 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 42 of 95 counties in Tennessee by what the office paid.
- 234
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,102
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $112
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 17,994 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 Chester and numbers it 23 within state 47, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Chester County is 47023.
What Tennessee 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 Tennessee’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $115,985,060 | 10,881 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $53,882,467 | 2,398 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $45,124,639 | 9,584 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $32,783,021 | 13,361 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $20,393,933 | 4,098 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $19,131,725 | 648 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $10,658,808 | 181 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $9,531,717 | 2,733 |
The largest counties in Tennessee
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Obion County | $19,823,636 | 912 |
| Warren County | $17,754,206 | 618 |
| Gibson County | $16,434,959 | 1,390 |
| Weakley County | $16,398,151 | 1,185 |
| Haywood County | $14,830,375 | 738 |
| Crockett County | $13,378,740 | 762 |
| Tipton County | $11,492,837 | 607 |
| Dyer County | $11,370,082 | 1,042 |
| Lauderdale County | $11,223,199 | 698 |
| Lincoln County | $9,780,750 | 841 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Tennessee · Federal awards recorded in Chester 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