Deer Lodge County, Montana Farm Subsidies

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Deer Lodge County in Montana received $4.4M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 814 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2481 of 3087

Rank in Montana

#52 of 56

Total Subsidies

$4.4M

Payments

814

Peak Year

2020

$1.2M

Avg Payment

$5K

17% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Deer Lodge County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $1.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.2M) was 10.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is 17% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$542K142$4K
2024$764K110$7K
2023$130K95$1K
2022$658K107$6K
2021$695K118$6K
2020$1.2M163$8K
2019$162K43$4K
2018$128K23$6K
2017$122K13$9K

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About Farm Subsidies in Deer Lodge County

Deer Lodge 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 $4.4M across 814 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, Deer Lodge 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.