FARMGRANT COUNTY PROFILE · PUBLIC USDA DATA

Prairie County, Arkansas

$1.6M in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)

Opportunity Score: 53/100

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USDA Farm Subsidies — Prairie County

$1.6M in USDA farm subsidies to Prairie County recipients (2024).

Sum of payments to 304 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.

Program Breakdown (selected programs, EWG/USDA 2024)

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $849,750
Disaster Payments $688,318
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) $47,958

Selected program components shown individually. These are separate EWG/USDA pulls and are not additive to the headline subsidy total — no combined "total" is shown. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database / USDA, 2024.

Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy

$5.1M in federal crop-insurance premium subsidy (RMA, 2024).

This is a separate program total (premium-subsidy dollars only) — it is not part of the subsidy headline above and is shown on its own. Source: USDA RMA via EWG, 2024.

Top Subsidy Recipients

# Recipient 2024 Total
1 Stonewall Partnership $109,757
2 Jtr2 Inc $71,764
3 R.K.S.I.T.N.T.D. $46,685
4 P.L.S.I.T.N.T.D. $46,685
5 Roy Rogers Family Limited Partnership $40,636
6 T.A.W. $32,610
7 B.M. $31,401
8 O.P. $28,596
9 Hall Six LLC $26,863
10 A.M. $26,839

Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.

About Farming in Prairie County

Prairie County has roughly 357 farms working about 280,447 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~786 acres per farm.

In Prairie County, irrigated cropland rents for roughly $139/acre and farmland is valued near $3,560/acre (USDA NASS).

Local signals from public data: Slightly below state-average USDA $/acre; Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs.

FarmGrant Opportunity Score

53 out of 100
Moderate Opportunity
#54 of 75 in Arkansas (29th pctile)
58th national percentile
Funding Gap? 10.0/25
Program Eligibility? 21.0/25
Insurance Opportunity? 11.9/25
Economic Need? 11.0/25
What drives this score
  • Slightly below state-average USDA $/acre
  • Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs
  • Farming-dependent economy
  • Above-average beginning producers (54 per 100 farms)
  • Above-average women producers (53 per 100 farms)
  • High veteran population (8.9%)
  • High loss ratio (3.55) — elevated indemnities
  • Moderate poverty (15.4%)
  • Below-average income ($54,962)

An opportunity-gap indicator (0–100) built from up to four public-data components — not a prediction that any farm will get funding or qualifies for a program. Sources: USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG subsidy records.

USDA Funding Per Acre

Historically, Prairie County received about $5.66 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #1,387 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.

2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (280,447 acres, USDA NASS 2022 Census). A descriptive county-wide statistic — not a prediction of what any individual farm received or will receive.

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County Land Economics & Demographics

Population
8,036
(2023, USDA ERS)
Median Income
$54,962
(USDA ERS)
Poverty Rate
15.4%
(USDA ERS)
Unemployment
3.1%
(USDA ERS)
Cropland Rent
$139/ac
(USDA NASS, irrig.)
Land Value
$3,560/ac
(USDA NASS, 2022 Census)
Insurance Policies
865
(USDA RMA)
Acres Insured
130,827
(USDA RMA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much USDA funding does Prairie County receive?

Prairie County recipients received about $1.6M in USDA farm subsidies in 2024, per the EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm). This is a single-year county total of recorded payments, not a forecast of future funding.

What USDA programs are available to farmers in Prairie County?

Farmers may be eligible for a range of USDA programs — conservation (e.g. CRP, EQIP), commodity support (ARC/PLC), disaster assistance, federal crop insurance, and FSA loans. Eligibility depends on your farm; use the free Subsidy Finder to see programs you could qualify for.

How is the FarmGrant Opportunity Score calculated?

The Opportunity Score (0–100; 53 for Prairie County) is an opportunity-gap indicator built from up to four public-data components — funding gap, program eligibility, insurance opportunity, and economic need — using USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG records. It is not a prediction that any farm will receive funding or qualifies for a specific program.

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Could your farm benefit?

Farms in Prairie County may qualify for USDA programs based on crop, conservation, and disaster activity. Run the free Subsidy Finder to see which programs you could qualify for, then prep your local USDA office visit.

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Data as of June 02, 2026. Subsidy figures: USDA/EWG 2024 release. Farmland acres: USDA NASS 2022 Census. Opportunity score refreshed monthly. Each figure above carries its own data year; this page is never fresher than its oldest input.