Kossuth County in Iowa received $287.5M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 53,827 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$287.5M
Payments
53,827
Peak Year
2025
$79.3M
Avg Payment
$5K
15% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Kossuth County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $79.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($63.6M) was 4.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is 15% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Kossuth County
Kossuth 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 $287.5M across 53,827 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Kossuth County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $79.3M.
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.