Iowa (IA) received $11.68B across 2,632,581 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$11.68B
Payments
2,632,581
Counties
100
Avg Payment
$4K
Near national avg
How Iowa Compares
National Rank
#2 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$4K
Share of National Total
7.9%
💡 Key Insight
Iowa's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $3.19B. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($3.19B) was 6.2× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Iowa
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRP Annual Rental | $3.15B |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $1.48B |
| 3 | CFAP Round 2 | $1.18B |
| 4 | Market Facilitation Program (Crops) | $927.1M |
| 5 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $829.0M |
| 6 | Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 | $541.3M |
| 7 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $512.2M |
| 8 | CFAP CARES Act | $498.9M |
| 9 | Cfapcccca | $494.4M |
| 10 | Cfap3 — Tup | $446.3M |
Top Recipients in Iowa
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richland Prtsp | $13.7M |
| 2 | Titan Swine | $9.6M |
| 3 | Doug Studer Farms | $9.2M |
| 4 | Iowa Family Farms | $5.8M |
| 5 | Dejay Farms | $5.8M |
| 6 | Whiskey Creek Ptn | $5.5M |
| 7 | Pinicon Farm | $4.8M |
| 8 | I-80 Farms | $4.5M |
| 9 | New Era Partnership | $4.0M |
| 10 | Degroote Grain Farms Gp | $3.7M |
| 11 | Greenview Farms | $3.6M |
| 12 | Eichelberger Farms Inc | $3.5M |
| 13 | United Bank Of Iowa | $3.4M |
| 14 | D2k | $3.4M |
| 15 | Meadowvale Dairy Llc | $3.3M |
| 16 | A J M Farms | $3.3M |
| 17 | Saratoga Partnership | $3.1M |
| 18 | Jcs Family Farms | $3.1M |
| 19 | Mbs Family Farms | $3.0M |
| 20 | Farm Credit Services Of America | $3.0M |
| 21 | Van Ess Dairy Llc | $3.0M |
| 22 | Ingalls Honey Inc | $3.0M |
| 23 | Weiland Farms | $2.9M |
| 24 | Highway Farms Inc | $2.9M |
| 25 | Wendl Cattle Company Inc | $2.8M |
Counties in Iowa
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sioux | 36,560 | $298.8M |
| 2 | Kossuth | 49,336 | $270.4M |
| 3 | Woodbury | 27,401 | $213.5M |
| 4 | Plymouth | 38,515 | $205.9M |
| 5 | Fayette | 54,857 | $190.1M |
| 6 | Crawford | 23,166 | $169.2M |
| 7 | Lyon | 27,837 | $169.1M |
| 8 | Clayton | 48,686 | $168.5M |
| 9 | Washington | 42,566 | $166.6M |
| 10 | Delaware | 41,241 | $166.4M |
| 11 | Palo Alto | 34,527 | $164.1M |
| 12 | Clay | 33,776 | $163.2M |
| 13 | Benton | 33,507 | $160.1M |
| 14 | Winneshiek | 47,168 | $158.6M |
| 15 | Carroll | 31,376 | $155.7M |
| 16 | Audubon | 33,651 | $155.2M |
| 17 | Monona | 23,314 | $152.7M |
| 18 | Butler | 43,910 | $148.7M |
| 19 | Webster | 41,473 | $148.0M |
| 20 | Tama | 29,926 | $146.8M |
| 21 | Dubuque | 39,677 | $145.8M |
| 22 | O'Brien | 30,357 | $144.8M |
| 23 | Clinton | 27,407 | $138.2M |
| 24 | Buchanan | 29,358 | $137.8M |
| 25 | Sac | 26,023 | $135.3M |
| 26 | Keokuk | 34,637 | $135.3M |
| 27 | Shelby | 28,398 | $133.9M |
| 28 | Floyd | 41,185 | $133.4M |
| 29 | Iowa | 25,815 | $132.5M |
| 30 | Howard | 37,228 | $130.9M |
| 31 | Harrison | 25,714 | $128.7M |
| 32 | Calhoun | 29,727 | $126.8M |
| 33 | Wright | 29,459 | $126.5M |
| 34 | Franklin | 29,118 | $126.3M |
| 35 | Chickasaw | 35,116 | $125.9M |
| 36 | Guthrie | 28,526 | $125.8M |
| 37 | Cherokee | 22,569 | $125.2M |
| 38 | Hancock | 28,766 | $124.5M |
| 39 | Jones | 26,534 | $124.3M |
| 40 | Black Hawk | 27,545 | $122.2M |
| 41 | Mahaska | 28,249 | $121.1M |
| 42 | Osceola | 22,269 | $120.4M |
| 43 | Hamilton | 27,021 | $119.6M |
| 44 | Ringgold | 22,195 | $118.7M |
| 45 | Pocahontas | 33,919 | $117.8M |
| 46 | Cerro Gordo | 26,468 | $117.8M |
| 47 | Marshall | 21,186 | $115.8M |
| 48 | Grundy | 22,913 | $114.9M |
| 49 | Linn | 27,295 | $114.3M |
| 50 | Jasper | 23,595 | $113.0M |
| 51 | Poweshiek | 25,296 | $112.6M |
| 52 | Buena Vista | 27,988 | $112.0M |
| 53 | Hardin | 24,447 | $111.2M |
| 54 | Cedar | 22,922 | $110.9M |
| 55 | Bremer | 29,507 | $110.6M |
| 56 | Winnebago | 20,374 | $108.6M |
| 57 | Ida | 15,113 | $106.4M |
| 58 | Emmet | 20,159 | $106.1M |
| 59 | Boone | 27,910 | $106.0M |
| 60 | Greene | 22,993 | $105.6M |
| 61 | Adair | 21,228 | $105.2M |
| 62 | Cass | 21,067 | $102.0M |
| 63 | Story | 23,625 | $101.4M |
| 64 | Jackson | 26,969 | $101.3M |
| 65 | Mitchell | 23,234 | $101.0M |
| 66 | Humboldt | 26,680 | $100.2M |
| 67 | Allamakee | 29,435 | $99.9M |
| 68 | Henry | 29,413 | $96.2M |
| 69 | Taylor | 20,553 | $94.8M |
| 70 | Johnson | 21,757 | $94.6M |
| 71 | Jefferson | 25,227 | $93.5M |
| 72 | Wayne | 21,681 | $89.9M |
| 73 | Worth | 20,817 | $86.7M |
| 74 | Clarke | 18,021 | $82.4M |
| 75 | Adams | 14,707 | $82.2M |
| 76 | Marion | 22,042 | $80.3M |
| 77 | Dickinson | 16,032 | $77.5M |
| 78 | Dallas | 17,108 | $76.1M |
| 79 | Madison | 20,664 | $75.9M |
| 80 | Page | 16,831 | $74.0M |
| 81 | Scott | 16,423 | $73.0M |
| 82 | East Pottawattamie | 14,836 | $72.5M |
| 83 | Davis | 22,870 | $72.2M |
| 84 | Montgomery | 15,924 | $71.7M |
| 85 | Lee | 20,918 | $69.9M |
| 86 | West Pottawattamie | 11,968 | $69.6M |
| 87 | Warren | 19,067 | $69.6M |
| 88 | Monroe | 15,914 | $68.8M |
| 89 | Muscatine | 16,538 | $67.4M |
| 90 | Wapello | 19,635 | $66.1M |
| 91 | Fremont | 13,944 | $65.8M |
| 92 | Louisa | 16,593 | $64.8M |
| 93 | Van Buren | 16,592 | $64.0M |
| 94 | Mills | 12,758 | $58.6M |
| 95 | Union | 10,770 | $57.5M |
| 96 | Decatur | 11,776 | $53.3M |
| 97 | Polk | 12,958 | $53.0M |
| 98 | Des Moines | 17,510 | $52.5M |
| 99 | Lucas | 14,129 | $48.4M |
| 100 | Appanoose | 10,282 | $33.7M |
📊 Understanding Iowa's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Iowa received $11.68B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #2 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was CRP Annual Rental at $3.15B, followed by Market Facilitation Program 2019 at $1.48B. Payments flowed to recipients across 100 counties.
The average payment in Iowa ($4K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Iowa with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.