Farm subsidies in Mitchell County, Georgia
The Farm Service Agency paid 384 recipients $24.7 million through its Mitchell office in 2025, across 1,904 payments — 3.1% of what it paid in Georgia.
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Mitchell County in 2025
- $24.7 million
- Paid out
- $24,666,175
- 9 of 158 counties in Georgia by what the office paid.
- 384
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,904
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $1.2 thousand
- Per resident
- $1,205
- Over the Census Bureau's 20,467 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 Mitchell and numbers it 205 within state 13, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Mitchell County is 13205.
What Georgia 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 Georgia’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $176,971,301 | 4,443 |
| ERFMCFSOF | $155,563,241 | 2,271 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $87,361,987 | 2,058 |
| Emergency Conservation Program Financial Assistance COF | $83,865,874 | 1,471 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $79,820,404 | 2,964 |
| ECPCOF | $51,367,268 | 1,183 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $31,745,533 | 6,074 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $24,960,317 | 818 |
The largest counties in Georgia
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee County | $39,689,217 | 587 |
| Appling County | $38,123,742 | 506 |
| Colquitt County | $31,627,118 | 473 |
| Berrien County | $31,521,901 | 414 |
| Jeff Davis County | $29,514,851 | 377 |
| Pierce County | $28,152,766 | 428 |
| Telfair County | $27,987,731 | 391 |
| Brooks County | $26,895,887 | 400 |
| Mitchell County | $24,666,175 | 384 |
| Tattnall County | $22,345,198 | 389 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Georgia · Federal awards recorded in Mitchell 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