Farm subsidies in Tennessee
The Farm Service Agency paid 13,554 recipients in Tennessee $71.7 million in 2023, across 23,691 payments through 94 county offices — 0.8% of what it paid nationally.
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Tennessee in 2023
- $71.7 million
- Paid out
- $71,746,714
- 0.8% of the national total, which was $9.2 billion.
- 13,554
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 23,691
- Payments
- One row is one disbursement, not one recipient and not one year.
- 94
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farming counties.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livestock Forage Program | $24,442,607 | 5,377 | 6,009 |
| Emrgncy Relief PRGM TRK 1-Nonspclty CRPS | $12,307,464 | 1,233 | 1,239 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $10,215,715 | 2,923 | 5,227 |
| Dairy Margin Coverage | $6,012,055 | 97 | 924 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $4,309,919 | 3,952 | 3,954 |
| Emergency Relief PRGM 2 | $2,385,500 | 24 | 46 |
| CFAP3 - Tup | $2,305,629 | 1,820 | 1,822 |
| Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program | $2,215,648 | 810 | 811 |
| Ecpsfcof | $1,037,018 | 38 | 42 |
| Tree Assistance Program | $964,045 | 15 | 17 |
Every county office
| County | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson County | $4,404,072 | 402 | 824 |
| Weakley County | $2,986,854 | 620 | 1,215 |
| Haywood County | $2,489,275 | 543 | 1,633 |
| Obion County | $2,355,796 | 373 | 725 |
| Tipton County | $2,293,757 | 198 | 366 |
| Lawrence County | $2,292,874 | 490 | 672 |
| Madison County | $2,140,106 | 345 | 750 |
| Carroll County | $2,102,852 | 488 | 988 |
| Crockett County | $2,087,010 | 368 | 796 |
| Henry County | $2,038,268 | 432 | 845 |
| Maury County | $1,953,246 | 307 | 687 |
| Fayette County | $1,761,541 | 347 | 656 |
| White County | $1,716,294 | 332 | 404 |
| McMinn County | $1,621,056 | 192 | 354 |
| Lincoln County | $1,593,928 | 362 | 472 |
| Giles County | $1,518,379 | 327 | 470 |
| Warren County | $1,511,105 | 327 | 431 |
| DeKalb County | $1,493,695 | 208 | 310 |
| Wayne County | $1,454,271 | 271 | 346 |
| Macon County | $1,331,388 | 138 | 213 |
| Bledsoe County | $1,241,284 | 152 | 234 |
| Henderson County | $1,217,515 | 269 | 374 |
| Hardeman County | $1,206,460 | 269 | 427 |
| Robertson County | $1,205,191 | 119 | 179 |
| Dyer County | $1,092,426 | 193 | 363 |
| Claiborne County | $991,437 | 285 | 380 |
| Wilson County | $987,376 | 280 | 398 |
| Hardin County | $964,121 | 234 | 399 |
| Cumberland County | $915,909 | 143 | 209 |
| Marshall County | $909,420 | 156 | 260 |
| Smith County | $908,370 | 239 | 309 |
| McNairy County | $849,549 | 259 | 454 |
| Coffee County | $830,740 | 190 | 322 |
| Monroe County | $826,810 | 80 | 136 |
| Bedford County | $755,261 | 124 | 177 |
| Lauderdale County | $740,200 | 172 | 308 |
| Hickman County | $733,725 | 133 | 288 |
| Shelby County | $732,364 | 58 | 117 |
| Benton County | $726,149 | 205 | 432 |
| Greene County | $716,609 | 176 | 349 |
| Sumner County | $640,904 | 102 | 146 |
| Polk County | $613,635 | 26 | 84 |
| Rutherford County | $603,367 | 147 | 177 |
| Franklin County | $586,579 | 218 | 313 |
| Cannon County | $549,393 | 123 | 166 |
| Bradley County | $522,575 | 53 | 98 |
| Decatur County | $519,509 | 93 | 108 |
| Williamson County | $499,567 | 153 | 220 |
| Meigs County | $492,177 | 91 | 142 |
| Humphreys County | $474,731 | 109 | 218 |
| Putnam County | $436,331 | 162 | 184 |
| Loudon County | $410,972 | 18 | 50 |
| Stewart County | $383,643 | 84 | 109 |
| Chester County | $382,362 | 115 | 195 |
| Van Buren County | $350,221 | 87 | 96 |
| Jefferson County | $308,491 | 81 | 100 |
| Montgomery County | $304,807 | 55 | 65 |
| Lake County | $298,682 | 29 | 83 |
| Marion County | $247,394 | 56 | 62 |
| Clay County | $231,929 | 27 | 38 |
| Grainger County | $227,936 | 104 | 155 |
| Hamblen County | $221,007 | 57 | 106 |
| Sullivan County | $208,156 | 49 | 82 |
| Union County | $196,587 | 96 | 110 |
| Grundy County | $192,405 | 55 | 66 |
| Blount County | $184,531 | 33 | 69 |
| Dickson County | $179,104 | 65 | 105 |
| Houston County | $178,721 | 94 | 127 |
| Perry County | $159,475 | 43 | 53 |
| Washington County | $133,941 | 59 | 73 |
| Hawkins County | $127,435 | 62 | 85 |
| Sevier County | $119,518 | 39 | 44 |
| Fentress County | $110,816 | 89 | 116 |
| Roane County | $92,623 | 9 | 18 |
| Overton County | $88,534 | 98 | 113 |
| Trousdale County | $87,066 | 22 | 32 |
| Carter County | $85,670 | 22 | 52 |
| Jackson County | $84,679 | 34 | 37 |
| Lewis County | $84,295 | 29 | 32 |
| Sequatchie County | $66,725 | 9 | 18 |
| Pickett County | $56,525 | 36 | 46 |
| Anderson County | $49,963 | 9 | 16 |
| Morgan County | $49,060 | 23 | 26 |
| Rhea County | $45,449 | 31 | 37 |
| Cheatham County | $41,676 | 10 | 13 |
| Campbell County | $21,994 | 15 | 16 |
| Moore County | $20,363 | 9 | 12 |
| Knox County | $18,220 | 15 | 18 |
| Hamilton County | $15,988 | 14 | 15 |
| Cocke County | $13,596 | 16 | 18 |
| Davidson County | $10,997 | 3 | 3 |
| Johnson County | $10,026 | 15 | 22 |
| Hancock County | $6,603 | 14 | 16 |
| Scott County | $3,078 | 13 | 14 |
The largest recipients in Tennessee
| Recipient | Where | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| H & W Farms | Milan | $993,929 | 7 |
| Cottage Gardens Inc | Perry | $619,775 | 1 |
| Yarbro Farms | Dukedom | $329,443 | 7 |
| Edward Reams Farms | South Fulton | $316,922 | 7 |
| Harrison Dairy Inc | Loudon | $282,992 | 20 |
| Rex Calfee | Charleston | $260,678 | 20 |
| H Lee Cole | Trenton | $255,415 | 4 |
| Dustin C Manning | Halls | $236,849 | 5 |
| Mark A Spradlin | Jackson | $228,838 | 3 |
| Kelley Enterprises | Burlison | $214,630 | 4 |
Tennessee 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.
- Immigration courtsImmigration and the border
The EOIR courts sitting in the state, what they completed and still have pending, and how far apart their asylum grant rates are. The courts, not the state’s residents: a detention court hears cases from far outside it.
- The Tennessee 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 link above is EOIR’s courts, which sit in this state. CBP’s encounters are not by state and will not be: its sectors and field offices are areas of responsibility rather than a geography, and assigning them to states would be a claim the data does not make. 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 22, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
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