Leelanau County, Michigan Farm Subsidies

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Leelanau County in Michigan received $12.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,437 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1973 of 3087

Rank in Michigan

#45 of 82

Total Subsidies

$12.3M

Payments

1,437

Peak Year

2025

$4.0M

Avg Payment

$9K

85% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Leelanau County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $4.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($2.5M) was 20.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $9K is 85% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$4.0M386$10K
2024$1.1M181$6K
2023$534K104$5K
2022$3.6M176$20K
2020$2.5M283$9K
2019$307K114$3K
2018$138K92$1K
2017$121K101$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Leelanau County

Leelanau 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 $12.3M across 1,437 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Leelanau County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $4.0M.

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.