Emmet County, Iowa Farm Subsidies

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Emmet County in Iowa received $113.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 22,351 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#379 of 3087

Rank in Iowa

#56 of 100

Total Subsidies

$113.0M

Payments

22,351

Peak Year

2025

$30.8M

Avg Payment

$5K

Near national avg

💡 Key Insight

Emmet County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $30.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($22.1M) was 6.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is near the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$30.8M3,865$8K
2024$2.5M936$3K
2023$3.2M1,102$3K
2022$7.6M1,096$7K
2021$13.4M2,279$6K
2020$22.1M5,975$4K
2019$24.3M3,600$7K
2018$5.8M1,141$5K
2017$3.5M2,357$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Emmet County

Emmet 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 $113.0M across 22,351 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Emmet County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $30.8M.

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.