Dickinson County, Iowa Farm Subsidies

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Dickinson County in Iowa received $106.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 29,976 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#421 of 3087

Rank in Iowa

#63 of 100

Total Subsidies

$106.3M

Payments

29,976

Peak Year

2021

$20.8M

Avg Payment

$4K

24% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Dickinson County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $20.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($17.0M) was 4.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $4K is 24% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$20.5M3,131$7K
2024$6.9M3,931$2K
2023$9.1M4,303$2K
2022$7.7M1,756$4K
2021$20.8M6,449$3K
2020$17.0M4,775$4K
2019$13.6M2,734$5K
2018$6.8M1,071$6K
2017$3.9M1,826$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Dickinson County

Dickinson County, Iowa 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 $106.3M across 29,976 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Dickinson County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $20.8M.

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.