Farm subsidies in Phillips County, Colorado
The Farm Service Agency paid 537 recipients $19.3 million through its Phillips office in 2025, across 1,933 payments — 5.2% of what it paid in Colorado.
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Phillips County in 2025
- $19.3 million
- Paid out
- $19,250,648
- 7 of 57 counties in Colorado by what the office paid.
- 537
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,933
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $4.4 thousand
- Per resident
- $4,355
- Over the Census Bureau's 4,420 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 Phillips and numbers it 95 within state 8, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Phillips County is 08095.
What Colorado 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 Colorado’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $133,817,104 | 6,989 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $89,278,878 | 3,914 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $67,541,722 | 5,404 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $20,440,681 | 619 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $11,573,172 | 2,449 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $10,770,540 | 1,614 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $9,093,927 | 309 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $7,566,219 | 422 |
The largest counties in Colorado
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Kit Carson County | $44,243,241 | 1,115 |
| Yuma County | $42,909,393 | 1,108 |
| Baca County | $30,532,652 | 1,015 |
| Kiowa County | $26,141,217 | 757 |
| Washington County | $22,122,955 | 953 |
| Weld County | $21,937,573 | 1,182 |
| Phillips County | $19,250,648 | 537 |
| Cheyenne County | $18,866,439 | 579 |
| Prowers County | $18,298,507 | 660 |
| Logan County | $13,122,918 | 812 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Colorado · Federal awards recorded in Phillips 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