Iron County, Wisconsin Farm Subsidies

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Iron County in Wisconsin received $794K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 228 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2926 of 3087

Rank in Wisconsin

#70 of 72

Total Subsidies

$794K

Payments

228

Peak Year

2021

$310K

Avg Payment

$3K

25% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Iron County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $310K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($128K) was 187.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 25% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$27K21$1K
2024$16K4$4K
2023$174K18$10K
2022$10K3$3K
2021$310K39$8K
2020$128K65$2K
2019$72K33$2K
2018$56K40$1K
2017$6845$137

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About Farm Subsidies in Iron County

Iron 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 $794K across 228 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Iron County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $310K.

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.