Farm subsidies in Mitchell County, Kansas
The Farm Service Agency paid 873 recipients $30.4 million through its Mitchell office in 2025, across 4,870 payments — 1.7% of what it paid in Kansas.
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Mitchell County in 2025
- $30.4 million
- Paid out
- $30,396,183
- 8 of 105 counties in Kansas by what the office paid.
- 873
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 4,870
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $5.4 thousand
- Per resident
- $5,438
- Over the Census Bureau's 5,590 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 123 within state 20, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Mitchell County is 20123.
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 |
| Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 | $644,418,974 | 32,910 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Prog - County | $169,810,604 | 35,034 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief PRGM-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 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