Hill County in Montana received $170.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 25,120 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$170.7M
Payments
25,120
Peak Year
2020
$29.6M
Avg Payment
$7K
47% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Hill County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $29.6M — driven by COVID-era CFAP emergency payments. The average payment of $7K is 47% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Hill County
Hill 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 $170.7M across 25,120 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, Hill 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.