Benjamin Ortiz Smith
The Farm Service Agency recorded $984.4 thousand paid to Benjamin Ortiz Smith of Ambrose, GA in 2014 to 2025, across 144 payments under 21 programs.
What the record holds
- $984.4 thousand
- Paid
- $984,368
- Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
- 144
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one year and not one program.
- 21
- Programs
- Named in the file itself, so this is what the money was for as USDA records it.
- 4
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, which is not where any land is.
USDA mails this payee’s payments to Ambrose, GA 31512-3695. That is where a check goes, not where a farm is: a payee can be addressed to an accountant in another state. The street line is in FSA’s payment files, and not printed here.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Price Loss Coverage | $262,667 | 92 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $200,944 | 2 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $111,592 | 2 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 1-Non-Specialty Crops | $84,440 | 2 |
| Dis/Wh2 2019 Wfhurrindemp | $83,041 | 2 |
| Tmp/Mfp 2019 Non Specialty Crops | $42,617 | 3 |
| Cfapcares2 | $39,139 | 1 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 2-Non-Specialty Crops | $36,774 | 1 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $30,393 | 1 |
| Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program | $23,763 | 4 |
| CFAP3 - TUP | $23,051 | 1 |
| Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program | $13,533 | 2 |
| Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program | $11,875 | 1 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $6,969 | 18 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $3,746 | 1 |
| Cotton Transition Assistance Program | $3,520 | 4 |
| CFAPCCCCA | $2,943 | 2 |
| CFAP3 - LTU | $1,340 | 1 |
| Market Facilitation Program - Crops | $1,172 | 1 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $458 | 1 |
| CFAPCARES | $392 | 2 |
By year
| Year | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $333,428 | 44 |
| 2024 | $36,910 | 5 |
| 2023 | $96,358 | 4 |
| 2021 | $100,819 | 23 |
| 2020 | $113,651 | 14 |
| 2019 | $138,486 | 18 |
| 2018 | $65,302 | 14 |
| 2017 | $39,256 | 8 |
| 2016 | $41,512 | 7 |
| 2015 | $15,126 | 3 |
| 2014 | $3,520 | 4 |
The calendar year USDA disbursed the money, which is frequently not the year of the program it was paid under. The site holds the years listed here and no others.
Which offices paid
Nearby on this site
A payee's neighbours here are the other recipients paid through the same state's offices, not the farms next door: FSA publishes no location, only the address it pays.
- What the Farm Service Agency paid in Georgia
- Walker Farms $2.4 million
- Heard Family Farm $1.7 million
- Evans Farms Gp $1.7 million
- Scott Farms G P $1.6 million
- Shiloh Pecan Farms Inc $1.6 million
- Evelyn G Dorsey Farms $1.5 million
- Dee Ritter Edr Farms $1.4 million
- High Hope Farms LLC $1.4 million
The largest recipients Georgia's offices paid in 2025, which is one year rather than the years above.
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