Farm subsidies in Hutchinson County, South Dakota
The Farm Service Agency paid 1,165 recipients $28.6 million through its Hutchinson office in 2025, across 5,817 payments — 2.7% of what it paid in South Dakota.
Hutchinson County in 2025
- $28.6 million
- Paid out
- $28,588,817
- 138 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 8 of 66 counties in South Dakota by what the office paid.
- 1,165
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 5,817
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $3,857
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 7,413 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 Hutchinson and numbers it 67 within state 46, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Hutchinson County is 46067.
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 Hutchinson 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