Carter County, Montana Farm Subsidies

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Carter County in Montana received $69.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 6,009 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#794 of 3087

Rank in Montana

#22 of 56

Total Subsidies

$69.2M

Payments

6,009

Peak Year

2022

$16.8M

Avg Payment

$12K

148% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Carter County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $16.8M. The average payment of $12K is 148% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$14.3M1,032$14K
2024$2.3M285$8K
2023$2.4M368$7K
2022$16.8M901$19K
2021$7.6M932$8K
2020$11.3M1,036$11K
2019$2.1M357$6K
2018$5.6M557$10K
2017$6.8M541$12K

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About Farm Subsidies in Carter County

Carter 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 $69.2M across 6,009 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Carter County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $16.8M.

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.