Edmunds County, South Dakota Farm Subsidies

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Edmunds County in South Dakota received $191.4M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 23,370 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#82 of 3087

Rank in South Dakota

#4 of 66

Total Subsidies

$191.4M

Payments

23,370

Peak Year

2022

$50.2M

Avg Payment

$8K

77% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Edmunds County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $50.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($34.3M) was 5.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $8K is 77% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$24.0M2,327$10K
2024$7.1M1,649$4K
2023$6.8M1,521$4K
2022$50.2M3,140$16K
2021$14.4M2,382$6K
2020$34.3M4,135$8K
2019$28.1M3,099$9K
2018$20.1M2,945$7K
2017$6.5M2,172$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Edmunds County

Edmunds 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 $191.4M across 23,370 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Edmunds County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $50.2M.

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.