Farm subsidies in Ellis County, Kansas
The Farm Service Agency paid 1,149 recipients $15.3 million through its Ellis office in 2025, across 3,944 payments — 0.9% of what it paid in Kansas.
Ellis County in 2025
- $15.3 million
- Paid out
- $15,273,222
- 62 of 105 counties in Kansas by what the office paid.
- 1,149
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 3,944
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $525
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 29,075 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 Ellis and numbers it 51 within state 20, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Ellis County is 20051.
What Kansas 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 Kansas’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $732,496,982 | 54,079 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $644,418,974 | 32,910 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $169,810,604 | 35,034 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $105,174,559 | 18,617 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $75,693,084 | 17,321 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $13,105,321 | 2,939 |
| WECPCSCOF | $5,039,574 | 227 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $2,904,224 | 265 |
The largest counties in Kansas
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas County | $46,698,526 | 880 |
| Sheridan County | $42,663,091 | 875 |
| Sumner County | $40,407,592 | 1,870 |
| Sherman County | $34,163,348 | 813 |
| Gray County | $31,382,811 | 881 |
| Reno County | $31,377,188 | 1,739 |
| Scott County | $31,228,994 | 791 |
| Mitchell County | $30,396,183 | 873 |
| Finney County | $28,349,665 | 792 |
| Republic County | $28,334,600 | 1,056 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Kansas · Federal awards recorded in Ellis 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