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Farm subsidies in Smith County, Mississippi
The Farm Service Agency paid 256 recipients $1.2 million through its Smith office in 2025, across 276 payments — 0.3% of what it paid in Mississippi.
Smith County in 2025
- $1.2 million
- Paid out
- $1,204,202
- 2,158 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 50 of 82 counties in Mississippi by what the office paid.
- 256
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 276
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $86
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 13,991 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 Smith and numbers it 129 within state 28, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Smith County is 28129.
The recipients this office paid the most
The 10 recipients with the largest net total through the Smith office in 2025, each linked to its page. A recipient is a name and mailing address as published, wherever the address is.
| Recipient | Paid out | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Rutland Hills | $363,555 | 10 |
| Pete Rutland | $146,342 | 2 |
| Ponderosa Farms | $25,478 | 1 |
| Keith Franklin Garner | $20,903 | 3 |
| Joe H Tally | $16,859 | 1 |
| Cayman Hunter Duckworth | $15,734 | 2 |
| Danny W Arender | $15,348 | 3 |
| L & L Produce LLC | $13,444 | 3 |
| Ronnie J Keyes | $12,871 | 1 |
| Clifton W Currie | $10,771 | 1 |
What Mississippi 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 Mississippi’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $145.2 million$145,155,757 | 4,353 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $60.4 million$60,437,370 | 1,690 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $38.8 million$38,801,393 | 7,069 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $33.6 million$33,585,938 | 2,639 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $31.1 million$31,097,242 | 4,105 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $30.3 million$30,329,615 | 9,902 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $11.1 million$11,059,356 | 330 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $4.2 million$4,156,440 | 39 |
The largest counties in Mississippi
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $26.6 million$26,558,681 | 373 |
| Bolivar County | $21.4 million$21,445,311 | 464 |
| Leflore County | $21.4 million$21,391,192 | 437 |
| Coahoma County | $19.1 million$19,148,344 | 350 |
| Sunflower County | $18.9 million$18,862,636 | 436 |
| Yazoo County | $18.6 million$18,644,311 | 576 |
| Tallahatchie County | $13.6 million$13,597,013 | 562 |
| Panola County | $12.8 million$12,815,606 | 709 |
| Calhoun County | $12.4 million$12,382,070 | 702 |
| Sharkey County | $12.3 million$12,266,084 | 195 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Mississippi · Federal awards recorded in Smith County · PPP loans in Smith County · Medicare plans in Smith County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
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