Garfield County, Montana Farm Subsidies

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Garfield County in Montana received $86.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 8,262 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#601 of 3087

Rank in Montana

#19 of 56

Total Subsidies

$86.9M

Payments

8,262

Peak Year

2020

$20.4M

Avg Payment

$11K

127% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Garfield County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $20.4M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($20.4M) was 2.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $11K is 127% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$6.3M735$9K
2024$2.5M503$5K
2023$8.2M1,001$8K
2022$19.3M1,171$16K
2021$10.6M875$12K
2020$20.4M2,176$9K
2019$3.3M520$6K
2018$9.1M769$12K
2017$7.3M512$14K

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About Farm Subsidies in Garfield County

Garfield 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 $86.9M across 8,262 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, Garfield 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.