Koochiching County, Minnesota Farm Subsidies

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Koochiching County in Minnesota received $2.4M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 479 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2674 of 3087

Rank in Minnesota

#83 of 90

Total Subsidies

$2.4M

Payments

479

Peak Year

2020

$681K

Avg Payment

$5K

Near national avg

💡 Key Insight

Koochiching County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $681K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($681K) was 7.4× 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$590K80$7K
2024$33K19$2K
2023$130K31$4K
2022$404K43$9K
2020$681K165$4K
2019$331K51$6K
2018$124K49$3K
2017$92K41$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Koochiching County

Koochiching County, Minnesota 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 $2.4M across 479 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, Koochiching 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.