Nebraska (NE) received $8.00B across 1,504,927 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$8.00B
Payments
1,504,927
Counties
100
Avg Payment
$5K
15% above national avg
How Nebraska Compares
National Rank
#6 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$4K
Share of National Total
5.4%
💡 Key Insight
Nebraska's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $2.29B. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($2.29B) was 12.4× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Nebraska
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $937.0M |
| 2 | CFAP Round 2 | $868.8M |
| 3 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $857.5M |
| 4 | CRP Annual Rental | $681.6M |
| 5 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $616.5M |
| 6 | Market Facilitation Program (Crops) | $564.6M |
| 7 | Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 | $432.3M |
| 8 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $412.0M |
| 9 | Cfapcccca | $381.4M |
| 10 | Livestock Forage Program | $374.3M |
Top Recipients in Nebraska
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandahl Farms | $6.5M |
| 2 | C J Farms Gen Ptnr | $5.6M |
| 3 | Marsh Farms | $4.5M |
| 4 | Circle E Farms Partnership | $4.1M |
| 5 | Kaliff Farms | $4.0M |
| 6 | Niewohner Farming Enterprise | $3.6M |
| 7 | Otto Farms | $3.5M |
| 8 | Weinreis Brothers | $3.3M |
| 9 | Murdoch Partnership | $3.2M |
| 10 | Farm Service Agency | $3.2M |
| 11 | Andersen Family Farms | $3.0M |
| 12 | Danielski Harvesting & Farming | $2.9M |
| 13 | Luther Family Farms Gp | $2.8M |
| 14 | Sundog Partnership | $2.7M |
| 15 | Tri-S Ag | $2.7M |
| 16 | Ebberson Farms Partnership | $2.7M |
| 17 | Thompson Seed Potatoes Ptnr | $2.7M |
| 18 | Kuenning Family Farms | $2.7M |
| 19 | Platte Center West Llc | $2.6M |
| 20 | Triple Diamond Farms | $2.5M |
| 21 | Homestead Bank | $2.3M |
| 22 | Thiele Dairy | $2.2M |
| 23 | Schiff Partnership | $2.2M |
| 24 | H R W Farm Partnership | $2.1M |
| 25 | Bartling Brothers Inc | $2.1M |
Counties in Nebraska
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platte | 38,009 | $212.0M |
| 2 | Cedar | 28,711 | $181.8M |
| 3 | Cuming | 25,038 | $181.5M |
| 4 | Holt | 27,485 | $180.6M |
| 5 | Custer | 25,149 | $175.0M |
| 6 | Knox | 35,319 | $174.2M |
| 7 | Lincoln | 24,245 | $171.4M |
| 8 | Gage | 39,864 | $159.3M |
| 9 | Dawson | 19,950 | $157.6M |
| 10 | York | 22,414 | $147.8M |
| 11 | Antelope | 23,462 | $147.4M |
| 12 | Red Willow | 22,531 | $144.5M |
| 13 | Phelps | 15,930 | $143.8M |
| 14 | Saunders | 34,251 | $142.1M |
| 15 | Boone | 20,208 | $133.0M |
| 16 | Buffalo | 25,313 | $132.1M |
| 17 | Perkins | 23,166 | $127.8M |
| 18 | Seward | 31,665 | $126.7M |
| 19 | Thayer | 24,441 | $122.6M |
| 20 | Pierce | 20,476 | $118.1M |
| 21 | Adams | 20,008 | $117.9M |
| 22 | Fillmore | 19,105 | $117.3M |
| 23 | Hamilton | 16,886 | $117.3M |
| 24 | Wayne | 16,558 | $116.1M |
| 25 | Butler | 22,718 | $115.2M |
| 26 | Chase | 14,807 | $113.8M |
| 27 | Madison | 20,424 | $111.2M |
| 28 | Furnas | 19,707 | $107.7M |
| 29 | Cheyenne | 28,500 | $107.5M |
| 30 | Kearney | 15,897 | $107.3M |
| 31 | Dixon | 17,002 | $105.0M |
| 32 | Saline | 31,227 | $104.8M |
| 33 | Dodge | 20,379 | $104.7M |
| 34 | Burt | 16,305 | $103.4M |
| 35 | Clay | 17,434 | $103.0M |
| 36 | Lancaster | 31,572 | $101.9M |
| 37 | Jefferson | 23,195 | $101.0M |
| 38 | Box Butte | 23,396 | $99.8M |
| 39 | Colfax | 19,051 | $98.2M |
| 40 | Hall | 15,318 | $95.0M |
| 41 | Thurston | 15,407 | $92.1M |
| 42 | Stanton | 17,407 | $90.5M |
| 43 | Cass | 19,201 | $88.4M |
| 44 | Cherry | 6,386 | $87.5M |
| 45 | Webster | 17,799 | $87.4M |
| 46 | Howard | 17,556 | $86.6M |
| 47 | Otoe | 27,279 | $85.8M |
| 48 | Richardson | 20,325 | $83.4M |
| 49 | Valley | 13,536 | $80.6M |
| 50 | Merrick | 16,216 | $79.2M |
| 51 | Morrill | 14,955 | $78.4M |
| 52 | Washington | 16,736 | $77.1M |
| 53 | Nuckolls | 14,311 | $77.1M |
| 54 | Gosper | 11,402 | $72.5M |
| 55 | Dundy | 10,317 | $71.2M |
| 56 | Keith | 13,340 | $70.6M |
| 57 | Franklin | 13,048 | $69.1M |
| 58 | Sheridan | 13,250 | $68.2M |
| 59 | Harlan | 12,623 | $67.5M |
| 60 | Hayes | 12,566 | $65.8M |
| 61 | Nemaha | 15,338 | $61.5M |
| 62 | Kimball | 20,123 | $60.2M |
| 63 | Nance | 12,855 | $59.3M |
| 64 | Dawes, North Sioux | 12,253 | $56.2M |
| 65 | Pawnee | 12,784 | $53.9M |
| 66 | Scotts Bluff | 13,845 | $53.7M |
| 67 | Johnson | 16,788 | $49.0M |
| 68 | Frontier | 7,792 | $48.4M |
| 69 | Dakota | 5,378 | $43.0M |
| 70 | Brown | 5,619 | $41.4M |
| 71 | Greeley | 7,231 | $39.8M |
| 72 | Boyd | 8,322 | $38.1M |
| 73 | Garden | 8,345 | $35.3M |
| 74 | Rock | 3,729 | $32.4M |
| 75 | Polk | 6,111 | $29.8M |
| 76 | Sherman | 6,129 | $26.8M |
| 77 | Logan | 3,719 | $23.8M |
| 78 | McPherson | 1,900 | $23.7M |
| 79 | Banner | 5,357 | $22.7M |
| 80 | Sarpy | 5,522 | $21.0M |
| 81 | Wheeler | 2,648 | $20.9M |
| 82 | Keya Paha | 2,889 | $20.3M |
| 83 | Deuel | 4,290 | $18.6M |
| 84 | Garfield | 2,672 | $16.6M |
| 85 | South Sioux | 2,260 | $15.4M |
| 86 | Hitchcock | 3,186 | $15.2M |
| 87 | Douglas | 3,464 | $12.6M |
| 88 | Loup | 2,341 | $12.5M |
| 89 | Arthur | 947 | $12.1M |
| 90 | Todd | 1,929 | $9.2M |
| 91 | Woodbury | 1,438 | $7.8M |
| 92 | Harrison | 1,821 | $7.7M |
| 93 | Republic | 2,424 | $7.4M |
| 94 | Thomas | 915 | $7.3M |
| 95 | Gregory | 1,963 | $7.2M |
| 96 | Jewell | 2,080 | $7.1M |
| 97 | Fremont | 1,898 | $7.0M |
| 98 | Grant | 552 | $6.7M |
| 99 | Oglala Lakota | 861 | $6.6M |
| 100 | Sedgwick | 2,063 | $6.4M |
📊 Understanding Nebraska's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Nebraska received $8.00B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #6 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was Market Facilitation Program 2019 at $937.0M, followed by CFAP Round 2 at $868.8M. Payments flowed to recipients across 100 counties.
The average payment in Nebraska ($5K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Nebraska with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.