Farm subsidies in Scott County, Indiana
The Farm Service Agency paid 142 recipients $1.1 million through its Scott office in 2025, across 327 payments — 0.2% of what it paid in Indiana.
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Scott County in 2025
- $1.1 million
- Paid out
- $1,096,038
- 84 of 92 counties in Indiana by what the office paid.
- 142
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 327
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $44
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 25,053 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 Scott and numbers it 143 within state 18, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Scott County is 18143.
What Indiana 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 Indiana’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $394,912,511 | 30,370 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $82,955,696 | 5,928 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $38,209,096 | 14,233 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $34,873,968 | 11,234 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $15,261,475 | 452 |
| Emergency Conservation Program Financial Assistance COF | $1,839,899 | 49 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $1,487,896 | 396 |
| CRP - Continuous PIP | $1,193,769 | 547 |
The largest counties in Indiana
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Knox County | $18,211,250 | 650 |
| Huntington County | $14,796,314 | 788 |
| Whitley County | $13,035,247 | 567 |
| Wabash County | $12,853,217 | 760 |
| LaPorte County | $12,277,274 | 687 |
| White County | $12,247,572 | 724 |
| Jasper County | $11,767,554 | 676 |
| Wells County | $10,877,264 | 737 |
| Gibson County | $10,630,003 | 726 |
| Boone County | $10,541,492 | 610 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Indiana · Federal awards recorded in Scott 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