Colorado (CO) received $2.87B across 511,721 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$2.87B
Payments
511,721
Counties
100
Avg Payment
$6K
21% above national avg
How Colorado Compares
National Rank
#18 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$488
Share of National Total
1.9%
💡 Key Insight
Colorado's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $869.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($869.3M) was 6.6× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Colorado
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRP Annual Rental | $535.0M |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $325.9M |
| 3 | CFAP Round 2 | $231.5M |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Program | $202.4M |
| 5 | Emergency Relief Program | $198.1M |
| 6 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $139.7M |
| 7 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $127.0M |
| 8 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $109.3M |
| 9 | CFAP CARES Act | $95.7M |
| 10 | CFAP CCC Payments (A) | $93.9M |
Top Recipients in Colorado
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Western Sugar Cooperative | $69.2M |
| 2 | Us Meat Export Federation | $66.8M |
| 3 | National Potato Promotion Board | $21.4M |
| 4 | Alpine Five | $7.4M |
| 5 | Cfcb | $6.8M |
| 6 | Progressive Farms | $3.9M |
| 7 | Reystead Family Partnership | $3.3M |
| 8 | Dionisio Produce And Farms Llc | $3.2M |
| 9 | Farm Credit Of Southern Colorado | $3.1M |
| 10 | Wolf Creek Dairy Llc | $2.9M |
| 11 | Association Of Brewers Inc | $2.9M |
| 12 | Tri-County Farms Gp | $2.9M |
| 13 | Ute Mountain Ute Farm & Ranch Ent | $2.8M |
| 14 | Stewart Title - Aspen | $2.8M |
| 15 | Longs Peak Dairy Llc | $2.8M |
| 16 | Suncure Farms | $2.7M |
| 17 | Prado Dairy Llc | $2.6M |
| 18 | Painted Rock Partnership | $2.4M |
| 19 | Empire Dairy Llc | $2.0M |
| 20 | Midwest Farms Llc | $2.0M |
| 21 | Oleo Acres | $2.0M |
| 22 | Great Western Dairy Llc | $1.9M |
Counties in Colorado
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kit Carson | 34,661 | $230.1M |
| 2 | Yuma | 31,355 | $218.2M |
| 3 | Weld | 34,622 | $209.7M |
| 4 | Baca | 31,820 | $179.4M |
| 5 | District of Columbia | 244 | $164.3M |
| 6 | Washington | 30,089 | $158.0M |
| 7 | Kiowa | 20,619 | $118.3M |
| 8 | Prowers | 19,892 | $106.1M |
| 9 | Logan | 24,380 | $100.8M |
| 10 | Phillips | 18,244 | $99.6M |
| 11 | Cheyenne | 20,017 | $95.4M |
| 12 | Lincoln | 16,022 | $90.1M |
| 13 | Morgan | 16,050 | $87.1M |
| 14 | Otero | 10,101 | $67.5M |
| 15 | Adams | 9,847 | $56.2M |
| 16 | Pueblo | 4,430 | $46.7M |
| 17 | Sedgwick | 10,247 | $44.0M |
| 18 | Saguache | 2,640 | $41.1M |
| 19 | Mesa | 3,785 | $36.3M |
| 20 | Rio Grande | 2,750 | $35.9M |
| 21 | Conejos | 4,179 | $31.5M |
| 22 | Las Animas | 3,628 | $30.3M |
| 23 | Bent | 5,174 | $30.2M |
| 24 | Elbert | 6,515 | $29.8M |
| 25 | Alamosa | 1,939 | $27.4M |
| 26 | Delta | 3,183 | $25.3M |
| 27 | Moffat | 2,903 | $22.7M |
| 28 | Montrose | 3,560 | $20.8M |
| 29 | Arapahoe | 5,228 | $19.8M |
| 30 | Montezuma | 3,826 | $19.7M |
| 31 | Crowley | 3,032 | $17.9M |
| 32 | Larimer | 2,682 | $17.3M |
| 33 | Routt | 2,501 | $14.6M |
| 34 | Garfield | 2,351 | $13.8M |
| 35 | Dolores | 4,772 | $13.1M |
| 36 | El Paso | 1,940 | $12.6M |
| 37 | Rio Blanco | 1,115 | $12.1M |
| 38 | La Plata | 2,479 | $10.1M |
| 39 | Sherman | 3,100 | $9.3M |
| 40 | Huerfano | 872 | $7.4M |
| 41 | Gunnison | 520 | $7.3M |
| 42 | Dundy | 693 | $6.5M |
| 43 | Hamilton | 1,701 | $6.3M |
| 44 | Costilla | 803 | $5.8M |
| 45 | Uintah | 152 | $5.7M |
| 46 | Eagle | 414 | $5.5M |
| 47 | Grand | 362 | $5.3M |
| 48 | Custer | 807 | $5.1M |
| 49 | Kimball | 1,990 | $5.0M |
| 50 | Wallace | 1,060 | $4.8M |
| 51 | Jackson | 638 | $4.7M |
| 52 | Fremont | 813 | $4.3M |
| 53 | Chase | 941 | $4.2M |
| 54 | Stanton | 1,089 | $4.0M |
| 55 | Walla Walla | 148 | $3.8M |
| 56 | San Miguel | 643 | $3.7M |
| 57 | Boulder | 1,219 | $3.6M |
| 58 | Humboldt | 143 | $3.4M |
| 59 | Douglas | 796 | $3.0M |
| 60 | Greeley | 1,169 | $2.6M |
| 61 | Perkins | 1,148 | $2.6M |
| 62 | San Juan | 913 | $2.5M |
| 63 | Red Willow | 374 | $2.5M |
| 64 | Cimarron | 703 | $2.3M |
| 65 | Sweetwater | 56 | $2.3M |
| 66 | Archuleta | 406 | $2.0M |
| 67 | Sheridan | 1,119 | $2.0M |
| 68 | Keith | 635 | $2.0M |
| 69 | Laramie | 651 | $2.0M |
| 70 | Grant | 1,002 | $2.0M |
| 71 | Kearny | 734 | $1.7M |
| 72 | Morton | 677 | $1.7M |
| 73 | Decatur | 916 | $1.6M |
| 74 | Clay | 906 | $1.6M |
| 75 | Seward | 617 | $1.5M |
| 76 | Deuel | 658 | $1.5M |
| 77 | Platte | 388 | $1.5M |
| 78 | Dallam | 116 | $1.5M |
| 79 | Marshall | 784 | $1.5M |
| 80 | Meade | 670 | $1.4M |
| 81 | Scotts Bluff | 347 | $1.4M |
| 82 | Thomas | 649 | $1.4M |
| 83 | Morrill | 403 | $1.4M |
| 84 | Haskell | 580 | $1.4M |
| 85 | Cass | 428 | $1.4M |
| 86 | Chaffee | 213 | $1.4M |
| 87 | Big Horn | 100 | $1.4M |
| 88 | Scott | 589 | $1.3M |
| 89 | Gray | 515 | $1.3M |
| 90 | Union | 278 | $1.3M |
| 91 | Ochiltree | 237 | $1.3M |
| 92 | Park | 165 | $1.3M |
| 93 | Albany | 28 | $1.3M |
| 94 | Hayes | 235 | $1.2M |
| 95 | Franklin | 623 | $1.2M |
| 96 | Quay | 205 | $1.2M |
| 97 | Harrison | 259 | $1.2M |
| 98 | Dawson | 599 | $1.2M |
| 99 | Reno | 963 | $1.2M |
| 100 | Page | 329 | $1.1M |
📊 Understanding Colorado's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Colorado received $2.87B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #18 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was CRP Annual Rental at $535.0M, followed by Price Loss Coverage Program at $325.9M. Payments flowed to recipients across 100 counties.
The average payment in Colorado ($6K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Colorado with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.