Farm subsidies in Mississippi County, Missouri
The Farm Service Agency paid 615 recipients $19.2 million through its Mississippi office in 2025, across 3,087 payments — 2.2% of what it paid in Missouri.
Mississippi County in 2025
- $19.2 million
- Paid out
- $19,214,090
- 375 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 6 of 115 counties in Missouri by what the office paid.
- 615
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 3,087
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $1,601
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 12,003 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 Mississippi and numbers it 133 within state 29, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Mississippi County is 29133.
What Missouri 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 Missouri’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $381,283,577 | 30,133 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $164,006,068 | 10,186 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $106,783,017 | 26,896 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $99,344,214 | 13,280 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $50,610,870 | 7,543 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $40,908,404 | 12,635 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $12,497,795 | 1,931 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $9,737,024 | 1,933 |
The largest counties in Missouri
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Stoddard County | $28,091,368 | 897 |
| New Madrid County | $27,768,603 | 949 |
| Dunklin County | $25,397,099 | 1,112 |
| Bates County | $24,720,000 | 989 |
| Vernon County | $20,484,703 | 1,049 |
| Mississippi County | $19,214,090 | 615 |
| Audrain County | $19,157,494 | 892 |
| Carroll County | $19,043,582 | 1,405 |
| Pettis County | $17,849,873 | 1,049 |
| Barton County | $17,022,494 | 901 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Missouri · Federal awards recorded in Mississippi 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
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