Petroleum County in Montana received $16.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,716 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
📊 County Rank
Total Subsidies
$16.3M
Payments
1,716
Peak Year
2022
$4.5M
Avg Payment
$10K
105% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Petroleum County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $4.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($3.1M) was 2.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $10K is 105% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Petroleum County
Petroleum 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 $16.3M across 1,716 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Petroleum County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $4.5M.
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.