Muskegon County in Michigan received $16.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,644 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$16.1M
Payments
1,644
Peak Year
2020
$6.1M
Avg Payment
$10K
111% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Muskegon County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $6.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($6.1M) was 54.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $10K is 111% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Muskegon County
Muskegon 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 $16.1M across 1,644 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Like many agricultural counties, Muskegon County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.
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.