Farm subsidies in Wolfe County, Kentucky
The Farm Service Agency paid 8 recipients $17.3 thousand through its Wolfe office in 2025, across 21 payments — < 0.1% of what it paid in Kentucky.
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Wolfe County in 2025
- $17.3 thousand
- Paid out
- $17,276
- 105 of 116 counties in Kentucky by what the office paid.
- 8
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 21
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $3
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 6,298 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 Wolfe and numbers it 237 within state 21, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Wolfe County is 21237.
What Kentucky 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 Kentucky’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $129,922,674 | 12,716 |
| Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 | $66,620,771 | 3,213 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Prog - County | $42,515,135 | 9,748 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $22,234,104 | 4,906 |
| Emergency Grain Storage Facility Asstnce | $6,360,027 | 81 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $5,841,726 | 713 |
| Supp Disaster Relief Spec Crops 1 | $5,468,582 | 359 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $3,483,358 | 925 |
The largest counties in Kentucky
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Christian County | $23,284,787 | 712 |
| Logan County | $15,237,838 | 679 |
| Graves County | $12,239,255 | 1,084 |
| Union County | $11,134,613 | 427 |
| Calloway County | $10,170,398 | 1,120 |
| Todd County | $9,830,619 | 431 |
| McLean County | $9,676,872 | 663 |
| Daviess County | $9,142,138 | 1,324 |
| Webster County | $7,476,675 | 668 |
| Ohio County | $7,261,030 | 654 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Kentucky · Federal awards recorded in Wolfe 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