Columbia County, Wisconsin Farm Subsidies

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Columbia County in Wisconsin received $38.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 12,111 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1220 of 3087

Rank in Wisconsin

#40 of 72

Total Subsidies

$38.1M

Payments

12,111

Peak Year

2025

$14.3M

Avg Payment

$3K

32% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Columbia County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $14.3M. The average payment of $3K is 32% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$14.3M3,550$4K
2024$14K4$3K
2023$17K6$3K
2022$6K2$3K
2021$8.6M2,311$4K
2020$5K3$2K
2019$9.6M2,676$4K
2018$4.9M2,374$2K
2017$708K1,185$597

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About Farm Subsidies in Columbia County

Columbia County, Wisconsin 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 $38.1M across 12,111 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Columbia County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $14.3M.

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.