Prairie County, Montana Farm Subsidies

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Prairie County in Montana received $41.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 4,435 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1161 of 3087

Rank in Montana

#29 of 56

Total Subsidies

$41.6M

Payments

4,435

Peak Year

2022

$9.0M

Avg Payment

$9K

102% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Prairie County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $9.0M. The average payment of $9K is 102% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$7.2M618$12K
2024$605K193$3K
2023$2.6M374$7K
2022$9.0M486$18K
2021$5.2M648$8K
2020$8.1M812$10K
2019$1.7M427$4K
2018$3.3M443$7K
2017$4.1M434$9K

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About Farm Subsidies in Prairie County

Prairie 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 $41.6M across 4,435 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Prairie County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $9.0M.

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.