Farm subsidies in Polk County, Tennessee
The Farm Service Agency paid 80 recipients $875.3 thousand through its Polk office in 2025, across 247 payments — 0.3% of what it paid in Tennessee.
Polk County in 2025
- $875.3 thousand
- Paid out
- $875,291
- 60 of 95 counties in Tennessee by what the office paid.
- 80
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 247
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $47
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 18,592 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 Polk and numbers it 139 within state 47, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Polk County is 47139.
What Tennessee 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 Tennessee’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $115,985,060 | 10,881 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $53,882,467 | 2,398 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $45,124,639 | 9,584 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $32,783,021 | 13,361 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $20,393,933 | 4,098 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $19,131,725 | 648 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $10,658,808 | 181 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $9,531,717 | 2,733 |
The largest counties in Tennessee
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Obion County | $19,823,636 | 912 |
| Warren County | $17,754,206 | 618 |
| Gibson County | $16,434,959 | 1,390 |
| Weakley County | $16,398,151 | 1,185 |
| Haywood County | $14,830,375 | 738 |
| Crockett County | $13,378,740 | 762 |
| Tipton County | $11,492,837 | 607 |
| Dyer County | $11,370,082 | 1,042 |
| Lauderdale County | $11,223,199 | 698 |
| Lincoln County | $9,780,750 | 841 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Tennessee · Federal awards recorded in Polk 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
Data retrieved