Farm subsidies in Ness County, Kansas
The Farm Service Agency paid 1,074 recipients $24.0 million through its Ness office in 2025, across 4,778 payments — 1.4% of what it paid in Kansas.
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Ness County in 2025
- $24.0 million
- Paid out
- $24,002,912
- 19 of 105 counties in Kansas by what the office paid.
- 1,074
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 4,778
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $9.2 thousand
- Per resident
- $9,172
- Over the Census Bureau's 2,617 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 Ness and numbers it 135 within state 20, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Ness County is 20135.
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 Ness County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — 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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