Robert Michael Best
The Farm Service Agency recorded $255.1 thousand paid to Robert Michael Best of Gordon, AL in 2018 to 2025, across 72 payments under 15 programs.
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What the record holds
- $255.1 thousand
- Paid
- $255,128
- Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
- 72
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one year and not one program.
- 15
- Programs
- Named in the file itself, so this is what the money was for as USDA records it.
- 2
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, which is not where any land is.
The mailing address USDA holds for payment is 2316 Bazemore Mill Rd, Gordon, AL 36343-8041. It is where a cheque goes, not where a farm is: a payee can be addressed to an accountant in another state.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Price Loss Coverage | $107,968 | 46 |
| Emergency Relief Program-Non-Specialty Crops | $33,651 | 4 |
| Tmp/Mfp 2019 Non Specialty Crops | $29,970 | 2 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $20,814 | 2 |
| Dis/Wh2 2019 Wfhurrindemp | $14,690 | 1 |
| WHIP Plus 3 Assistance | $14,113 | 6 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $13,720 | 2 |
| CFAP3 - TUP | $6,308 | 1 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $5,659 | 1 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 1-Non-Specialty Crops | $5,242 | 1 |
| CFAPCCCCA | $1,015 | 1 |
| CFAPCARES | $913 | 1 |
| Market Facilitation Program - Crops | $656 | 1 |
| Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program | $209 | 1 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $201 | 2 |
By year
| Year | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $39,866 | 16 |
| 2024 | $1,500 | 2 |
| 2023 | $5,242 | 1 |
| 2022 | $44,285 | 11 |
| 2021 | $20,131 | 6 |
| 2020 | $68,586 | 16 |
| 2019 | $51,060 | 13 |
| 2018 | $24,457 | 7 |
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 Alabama
- Newby Farms $1.5 million
- Chris Thompson Farms Gp $1.3 million
- Darden Bridgeforth And Sons $1.1 million
- Vaden Farms $1.1 million
- Haney Farms $969.4 thousand
- Tate Farms General Partnership $968.0 thousand
- Martin Farm $915.5 thousand
- Ankers Subsea LLC $913.7 thousand
The largest recipients Alabama's offices paid in 2025, which is one year rather than the years above.
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — 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
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