Farm subsidies in Cullman County, Alabama
The Farm Service Agency paid 453 recipients $2.1 million through its Cullman office in 2025, across 774 payments — 0.9% of what it paid in Alabama.
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Cullman County in 2025
- $2.1 million
- Paid out
- $2,062,433
- 31 of 67 counties in Alabama by what the office paid.
- 453
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 774
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $22
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 94,009 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 Cullman and numbers it 43 within state 1, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Cullman County is 01043.
What Alabama 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 Alabama’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $74,588,845 | 3,091 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $52,462,981 | 2,076 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $23,684,216 | 8,671 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $18,126,220 | 2,362 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $10,963,275 | 2,344 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $9,926,167 | 466 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $8,697,752 | 1,277 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $6,415,263 | 892 |
The largest counties in Alabama
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Limestone County | $14,646,958 | 700 |
| Geneva County | $12,225,196 | 520 |
| Madison County | $12,075,851 | 525 |
| Houston County | $11,892,783 | 482 |
| Lawrence County | $10,970,234 | 579 |
| Lauderdale County | $9,961,877 | 655 |
| Hale County | $7,822,310 | 256 |
| Mobile County | $7,632,411 | 184 |
| Baldwin County | $7,323,915 | 291 |
| Coffee County | $7,057,701 | 474 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Alabama · Federal awards recorded in Cullman 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