Sargent County, North Dakota Farm Subsidies

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Sargent County in North Dakota received $165.4M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 21,102 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#135 of 3087

Rank in North Dakota

#20 of 53

Total Subsidies

$165.4M

Payments

21,102

Peak Year

2025

$30.0M

Avg Payment

$8K

69% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Sargent County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $30.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($27.7M) was 5.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $8K is 69% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$30.0M3,673$8K
2024$11.5M1,873$6K
2023$11.2M1,603$7K
2022$29.8M1,842$16K
2021$13.9M2,802$5K
2020$27.7M4,251$7K
2019$23.4M1,950$12K
2018$12.9M1,481$9K
2017$5.2M1,627$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Sargent County

Sargent County, North Dakota 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 $165.4M across 21,102 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Sargent County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $30.0M.

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.