Farm subsidies in Arkansas
The Farm Service Agency paid 24,867 recipients in Arkansas $476.1 million in 2025, across 71,483 payments through 75 county offices — 2.0% of what it paid nationally.
American Factbook Research
Arkansas in 2025
- $476.1 million
- Paid out
- $476,141,001
- 2.0% of the national total, which was $24.4 billion.
- 24,867
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 71,483
- Payments
- One row is one disbursement, not one recipient and not one year.
- 75
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farming counties.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $281,309,896 | 12,533 | 25,337 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $63,434,128 | 2,603 | 3,822 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $33,432,032 | 7,714 | 8,004 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $25,131,265 | 3,874 | 11,706 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $15,819,340 | 2,695 | 5,187 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $13,962,406 | 4,540 | 4,818 |
| ECPCOF | $8,219,133 | 263 | 284 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $7,032,396 | 3,441 | 8,910 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $6,728,121 | 1,061 | 1,111 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $5,670,489 | 310 | 606 |
Every county office
| County | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi County | $29,344,736 | 1,092 | 4,746 |
| Phillips County | $27,838,403 | 438 | 3,570 |
| Jackson County | $25,714,714 | 573 | 1,832 |
| Craighead County | $23,968,162 | 1,442 | 5,288 |
| Monroe County | $20,519,676 | 535 | 1,658 |
| Poinsett County | $20,059,031 | 880 | 2,549 |
| Cross County | $18,638,256 | 532 | 1,749 |
| Jefferson County | $17,769,056 | 544 | 2,150 |
| Arkansas County | $17,096,810 | 807 | 2,345 |
| Crittenden County | $16,937,167 | 450 | 1,505 |
| Clay County | $16,605,544 | 1,191 | 4,090 |
| Desha County | $15,827,109 | 678 | 2,351 |
| Woodruff County | $15,517,743 | 524 | 1,680 |
| Lonoke County | $15,208,952 | 636 | 2,021 |
| Lee County | $14,118,714 | 385 | 1,787 |
| Chicot County | $13,862,905 | 535 | 1,737 |
| Lawrence County | $13,392,579 | 582 | 1,473 |
| St. Francis County | $11,054,430 | 461 | 1,489 |
| Prairie County | $10,946,161 | 665 | 1,549 |
| Greene County | $10,221,784 | 809 | 2,313 |
| Lincoln County | $10,208,199 | 463 | 1,722 |
| Boone County | $9,304,349 | 686 | 1,333 |
| Ashley County | $7,819,927 | 315 | 1,423 |
| Randolph County | $7,506,455 | 511 | 1,109 |
| Madison County | $7,337,875 | 669 | 1,333 |
| Carroll County | $6,120,136 | 600 | 1,201 |
| Benton County | $5,397,426 | 544 | 1,039 |
| White County | $5,231,630 | 438 | 895 |
| Washington County | $4,686,682 | 637 | 1,195 |
| Drew County | $4,661,637 | 236 | 576 |
| Lafayette County | $4,051,496 | 92 | 396 |
| Marion County | $3,057,712 | 242 | 364 |
| Independence County | $3,045,381 | 384 | 666 |
| Fulton County | $2,674,426 | 443 | 615 |
| Sharp County | $2,511,571 | 461 | 640 |
| Little River County | $2,324,461 | 60 | 219 |
| Polk County | $2,318,839 | 322 | 688 |
| Miller County | $2,162,992 | 61 | 164 |
| Searcy County | $2,027,529 | 347 | 397 |
| Howard County | $2,009,864 | 276 | 565 |
| Newton County | $1,945,783 | 311 | 598 |
| Pulaski County | $1,917,677 | 121 | 297 |
| Conway County | $1,734,869 | 195 | 515 |
| Yell County | $1,721,517 | 355 | 562 |
| Bradley County | $1,671,155 | 28 | 86 |
| Baxter County | $1,589,182 | 192 | 268 |
| Faulkner County | $1,332,833 | 253 | 427 |
| Scott County | $1,326,591 | 221 | 456 |
| Stone County | $1,283,178 | 230 | 251 |
| Montgomery County | $1,235,340 | 158 | 325 |
| Cleburne County | $1,191,354 | 258 | 311 |
| Pope County | $1,174,105 | 168 | 313 |
| Logan County | $1,108,535 | 153 | 212 |
| Van Buren County | $1,051,426 | 266 | 282 |
| Izard County | $987,940 | 217 | 221 |
| Franklin County | $800,834 | 131 | 184 |
| Clark County | $757,368 | 91 | 125 |
| Crawford County | $710,781 | 127 | 216 |
| Perry County | $709,155 | 104 | 192 |
| Johnson County | $500,749 | 92 | 195 |
| Hot Spring County | $405,954 | 134 | 155 |
| Hempstead County | $367,395 | 16 | 40 |
| Sebastian County | $334,398 | 140 | 184 |
| Saline County | $276,551 | 69 | 112 |
| Sevier County | $198,956 | 140 | 147 |
| Pike County | $194,673 | 91 | 95 |
| Nevada County | $92,525 | 8 | 13 |
| Garland County | $90,282 | 49 | 59 |
| Grant County | $89,654 | 49 | 79 |
| Calhoun County | $80,909 | 8 | 11 |
| Dallas County | $35,209 | 25 | 27 |
| Union County | $31,746 | 22 | 24 |
| Cleveland County | $31,735 | 27 | 34 |
| Ouachita County | $31,675 | 22 | 28 |
| Columbia County | $28,451 | 16 | 17 |
The largest recipients in Arkansas
| Recipient | Where | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Farms Partnership | Helena | $7,127,385 | 61 |
| Merchants & Planters Bank | Newport | $3,888,269 | 121 |
| Carpenter Produce | Grady | $2,956,705 | 9 |
| Deline Farms Partnership | Charleston | $2,433,198 | 23 |
| Deline Farms South | Charleston | $1,928,240 | 23 |
| Deline Farms North | Charleston | $1,853,998 | 22 |
| Matthews Ridgeview Farms | Wynne | $1,638,325 | 25 |
| Tripp Farms III | Searcy | $1,402,413 | 7 |
| Coffee Creek Farms | Marvell | $1,188,845 | 99 |
| Soudan Farming Co | Marianna | $1,055,214 | 20 |
Counties in Arkansas, side by side
The closest pairs among the state’s largest county offices. Any two counties compare on demand; these are the ones in the sitemap, because a page a crawler is offered has to be a page something links to.
- Mississippi County and Phillips County
- Phillips County and Jackson County
- Jackson County and Craighead County
- Craighead County and Monroe County
- Monroe County and Poinsett County
- Poinsett County and Cross County
- Cross County and Jefferson County
- Jefferson County and Arkansas County
- Arkansas County and Crittenden County
- Crittenden County and Clay County
Arkansas elsewhere on the Factbook
- Reported crimeCrime and justice
Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.
- Cities by violent crime rateCrime and justice
What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.
- Prison populationCrime and justice
People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.
- Arrests by race, sex and ageCrime and justice
Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.
- Hate crimeCrime and justice
Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.
- Federal obligationsFederal spending
What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.
- Registered nonprofitsNonprofits
How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.
- Payments to doctorsHealth
What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.
- The Arkansas Factbook entryAcross the Factbook
Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.
The immigration hub has no page for this state: EOIR runs no immigration court here, and CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography. Immigration and the border.
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