Benzie County, Michigan Farm Subsidies

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Benzie County in Michigan received $4.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 368 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2501 of 3087

Rank in Michigan

#55 of 82

Total Subsidies

$4.2M

Payments

368

Peak Year

2022

$1.3M

Avg Payment

$11K

147% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Benzie County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $1.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.0M) was 21.7× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $11K is 147% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.1M99$11K
2024$290K25$12K
2023$342K18$19K
2022$1.3M41$32K
2020$1.0M101$10K
2019$48K32$1K
2018$50K29$2K
2017$48K23$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Benzie County

Benzie County, Michigan 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 $4.2M across 368 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Benzie County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $1.3M.

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.