St. Joseph County, Indiana Farm Subsidies

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St. Joseph County in Indiana received $29.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 10,471 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1402 of 3087

Rank in Indiana

#45 of 92

Total Subsidies

$29.0M

Payments

10,471

Peak Year

2020

$8.3M

Avg Payment

$3K

40% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

St. Joseph County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $8.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($8.3M) was 2.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 40% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$5.0M1,502$3K
2024$203K166$1K
2023$431K271$2K
2022$651K202$3K
2021$2.7M1,005$3K
2020$8.3M3,263$3K
2019$4.6M822$6K
2018$3.5M1,732$2K
2017$3.5M1,508$2K

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🤖 AI Overview

St. Joseph County ranks #1402 out of 3,087 U.S. counties in total farm subsidy payments, and #45 within Indiana.

This county is close to the Indiana average of $33.1M per county.

Peak spending in 2020 ($8.3M) was likely driven by COVID-era CFAP emergency payments. The average payment of $3K is 40% below the national average of $5K.

About Farm Subsidies in St. Joseph County

St. Joseph County, Indiana 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 $29.0M across 10,471 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, St. Joseph County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

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.