Custer County, Colorado Farm Subsidies

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Custer County in Colorado received $4.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 638 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2465 of 3087

Rank in Colorado

#42 of 61

Total Subsidies

$4.6M

Payments

638

Peak Year

2021

$1.2M

Avg Payment

$7K

56% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Custer County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $1.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($829K) was 21.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $7K is 56% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$143K39$4K
2024$268K54$5K
2023$287K96$3K
2022$813K80$10K
2021$1.2M104$12K
2020$829K170$5K
2019$640K53$12K
2018$376K35$11K
2017$39K7$6K

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About Farm Subsidies in Custer County

Custer County, Colorado is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $4.6M across 638 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Custer County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $1.2M.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.