Beaverhead County, Montana Farm Subsidies

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Beaverhead County in Montana received $46.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 3,085 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1108 of 3087

Rank in Montana

#28 of 56

Total Subsidies

$46.0M

Payments

3,085

Peak Year

2020

$15.3M

Avg Payment

$15K

222% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Beaverhead County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $15.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($15.3M) was 19.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $15K is 222% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$7.1M367$19K
2024$4.2M287$15K
2023$2.7M355$8K
2022$8.2M382$21K
2021$6.1M499$12K
2020$15.3M896$17K
2019$1.0M172$6K
2018$544K68$8K
2017$806K59$14K

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About Farm Subsidies in Beaverhead County

Beaverhead County, Montana 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 $46.0M across 3,085 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, Beaverhead 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.