Custer County in South Dakota received $17.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 3,344 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$17.8M
Payments
3,344
Peak Year
2025
$4.4M
Avg Payment
$5K
15% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Custer County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $4.4M. The average payment of $5K is 15% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Custer County
Custer County, South 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 $17.8M across 3,344 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Custer County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $4.4M.
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.