Farm subsidies in Clay County, South Dakota
The Farm Service Agency paid 705 recipients $21.5 million through its Clay office in 2025, across 3,156 payments — 2.0% of what it paid in South Dakota.
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Clay County in 2025
- $21.5 million
- Paid out
- $21,456,435
- 19 of 66 counties in South Dakota by what the office paid.
- 705
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 3,156
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $1.4 thousand
- Per resident
- $1,427
- Over the Census Bureau's 15,031 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 Clay and numbers it 27 within state 46, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Clay County is 46027.
What South Dakota 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 South Dakota’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $483,774,644 | 20,064 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $293,015,761 | 13,874 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $141,845,895 | 14,483 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $71,866,004 | 11,692 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $19,313,945 | 5,323 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $11,375,183 | 769 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $9,644,741 | 587 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $7,601,748 | 739 |
The largest counties in South Dakota
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County | $52,628,324 | 1,353 |
| Roberts County | $38,609,801 | 1,091 |
| Spink County | $35,939,182 | 981 |
| Beadle County | $35,366,369 | 831 |
| Union County | $29,855,952 | 788 |
| Turner County | $29,756,757 | 1,007 |
| Charles Mix County | $28,734,534 | 1,081 |
| Hutchinson County | $28,588,817 | 1,165 |
| Sully County | $25,511,334 | 363 |
| Lincoln County | $24,931,804 | 946 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in South Dakota · Federal awards recorded in Clay 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