Record · Recipient
James Brian Smith
The Farm Service Agency recorded $16,497 paid to James Brian Smith of Matthews, NC in 2008 to 2010, across 29 payments under 4 programs.
What the record holds
- $16,497
- Paid
- Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
- 29
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one year and not one program.
- 4
- Programs
- Named in the file itself, so this is what the money was for as USDA records it.
- 3
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, which is not where any land is.
USDA mails this payee’s payments to Matthews, NC 28104-4926. 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.
How this compares
- Received, net: $16,497, 2008 to 2010
- By net total, ranks 1,765,141st of 6,246,979 payees nationally and 28,412th of 182,084 with an address in North Carolina. More than 71% of the 6,246,979 payees in FSA’s payment files, 2004 to 2025, by net total received.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 05 - 07 Crop Disaster Assistance | $7,477 | 2 |
| Dcp Program - Direct Payments | $5,286 | 10 |
| Direct and Counter Cyclical Program | $2,793 | 16 |
| 05 - 07 Livestock Compensation Program | $941 | 1 |
By year
USDA paid James Brian Smith $2,643 in 2010, its latest year, and $11,211 in 2008, its first
What the Farm Service Agency paid this payee in each calendar year, the year USDA disbursed the money, in each year’s own dollars. A year with no payment is a gap.
Source: The Farm Service Agency
About this chart
The figures
| Year | Paid |
|---|---|
| 2010 | $2,643 |
| 2009 | $2,643 |
| 2008 | $11,211 |
| Year | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $2,643 | 5 |
| 2009 | $2,643 | 5 |
| 2008 | $11,211 | 19 |
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
3 more columns on a wider screen
| County | State | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Union | North Carolina | $7,188 |
| Cabarrus | North Carolina | $7,095 |
| Mecklenburg | North Carolina | $2,214 |
In 2025 the FSA office for Union County, NC paid $9.9 million, 860th of 3,068 county offices. The county’s page has its payments, payees and what North Carolina was paid for.
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 North Carolina
- Ham Farms LLC $2.4 million
- Scott Farms Inc $2.0 million
- Boseman Farms Inc $1.5 million
- Cottle Farms Inc $1.3 million
- Belgrade Farms LLC $1.3 million
- Worthington Farms Inc $1.3 million
- Vick Family Farms Partnership $1.2 million
- Amd Farms $1.2 million
The largest recipients North Carolina'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
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