Minnesota (MN) received $8.15B across 1,678,085 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$8.15B
Payments
1,678,085
Counties
100
Avg Payment
$5K
Near national avg
How Minnesota Compares
National Rank
#5 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$1K
Share of National Total
5.5%
💡 Key Insight
Minnesota's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $1.83B. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.83B) was 10.5× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Minnesota
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRP Annual Rental | $1.17B |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $993.5M |
| 3 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $935.3M |
| 4 | CFAP Round 2 | $830.6M |
| 5 | Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 | $659.4M |
| 6 | Market Facilitation Program (Crops) | $639.0M |
| 7 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $613.5M |
| 8 | Emergency Relief Program | $457.2M |
| 9 | CFAP CARES Act | $320.0M |
| 10 | Cfapcccca | $301.7M |
Top Recipients in Minnesota
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Crystal Sugar Co | $82.3M |
| 2 | Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative | $52.8M |
| 3 | Agcountry Farm Credit Services | $9.7M |
| 4 | Molitor Bros Farm | $9.1M |
| 5 | Pederson Brothers Partnership | $8.2M |
| 6 | Hader Farms Partnership | $7.5M |
| 7 | Minnesota Department Of Natural Resources | $7.0M |
| 8 | Pioneer Bank | $5.2M |
| 9 | Oberg Grain | $4.5M |
| 10 | Farm Service Agency | $4.0M |
| 11 | Skaurud Grain Farms | $3.9M |
| 12 | Jeff Stamer Farms Partnership | $3.6M |
| 13 | Anderson Family Farms | $3.6M |
| 14 | Field Brothers Farms Gp | $3.5M |
| 15 | Raguse Family Partnership | $3.3M |
| 16 | Waage Farms | $3.2M |
| 17 | Vipond Grain Farms | $3.2M |
| 18 | Gmg Farms | $3.1M |
| 19 | Evan And Brett Peterson Farms | $3.1M |
| 20 | Macik Farms Partnership | $2.9M |
| 21 | Sanders Farms | $2.9M |
| 22 | Ihnen Family Farms | $2.9M |
| 23 | Spring Valley Farms Llp | $2.9M |
| 24 | Far Gaze Farms | $2.8M |
| 25 | Frontier Family Farms | $2.7M |
Counties in Minnesota
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renville | 34,467 | $244.7M |
| 2 | Redwood | 41,230 | $213.4M |
| 3 | Stearns | 53,276 | $199.3M |
| 4 | Nobles | 31,464 | $197.1M |
| 5 | Marshall | 27,994 | $193.3M |
| 6 | Martin | 24,714 | $190.4M |
| 7 | West Polk | 24,242 | $188.4M |
| 8 | Blue Earth | 29,365 | $177.2M |
| 9 | Murray | 28,746 | $175.3M |
| 10 | Cottonwood | 24,941 | $174.4M |
| 11 | Faribault | 26,590 | $171.0M |
| 12 | Lyon | 28,034 | $162.9M |
| 13 | Jackson | 26,206 | $162.8M |
| 14 | Brown | 35,716 | $158.7M |
| 15 | Yellow Medicine | 34,287 | $156.1M |
| 16 | Kandiyohi | 35,134 | $147.5M |
| 17 | Freeborn | 28,205 | $146.3M |
| 18 | Mower | 26,194 | $142.8M |
| 19 | District of Columbia | 10 | $142.2M |
| 20 | Traverse | 23,890 | $138.4M |
| 21 | Lac qui Parle | 33,439 | $135.1M |
| 22 | Swift | 31,625 | $132.0M |
| 23 | Le Sueur | 32,008 | $131.0M |
| 24 | Norman | 20,547 | $130.8M |
| 25 | Goodhue | 28,352 | $130.4M |
| 26 | Fillmore | 31,366 | $125.9M |
| 27 | Sibley | 23,209 | $121.5M |
| 28 | Grant | 23,018 | $119.8M |
| 29 | Watonwan | 19,297 | $118.5M |
| 30 | Roseau | 20,112 | $114.0M |
| 31 | Clay | 17,037 | $113.5M |
| 32 | Lincoln | 29,116 | $112.7M |
| 33 | Kittson | 23,971 | $111.4M |
| 34 | Stevens | 21,821 | $110.8M |
| 35 | Rock | 16,211 | $110.7M |
| 36 | Meeker | 24,992 | $102.3M |
| 37 | Wilkin | 17,312 | $101.4M |
| 38 | Chippewa | 25,990 | $101.0M |
| 39 | Olmsted | 23,661 | $99.8M |
| 40 | Morrison | 30,719 | $95.8M |
| 41 | Steele | 20,628 | $95.7M |
| 42 | Waseca | 19,035 | $95.3M |
| 43 | Dodge | 15,468 | $91.2M |
| 44 | Pipestone | 13,980 | $90.5M |
| 45 | Pennington | 13,880 | $86.7M |
| 46 | Pope | 24,419 | $86.4M |
| 47 | Rice | 21,043 | $83.8M |
| 48 | McLeod | 19,762 | $83.7M |
| 49 | East Polk | 13,455 | $83.0M |
| 50 | Nicollet | 13,060 | $80.4M |
| 51 | Winona | 18,240 | $79.2M |
| 52 | West Otter Tail | 19,168 | $78.5M |
| 53 | Becker | 18,109 | $78.5M |
| 54 | East Otter Tail | 29,639 | $76.1M |
| 55 | Wabasha | 19,526 | $75.5M |
| 56 | Wright | 21,233 | $71.1M |
| 57 | Big Stone | 13,751 | $70.1M |
| 58 | Todd | 26,095 | $68.0M |
| 59 | Douglas | 21,967 | $67.7M |
| 60 | Dakota | 11,594 | $64.0M |
| 61 | Houston | 17,864 | $52.7M |
| 62 | Red Lake | 7,528 | $50.7M |
| 63 | Carver | 13,328 | $50.7M |
| 64 | Benton | 15,806 | $48.9M |
| 65 | Mahnomen | 8,966 | $38.1M |
| 66 | Beltrami | 5,265 | $22.1M |
| 67 | Roberts | 5,068 | $21.1M |
| 68 | Sherburne | 3,852 | $20.1M |
| 69 | Isanti | 5,837 | $20.1M |
| 70 | Chisago | 7,492 | $18.6M |
| 71 | Wadena | 7,526 | $18.2M |
| 72 | Clearwater | 4,301 | $14.5M |
| 73 | Mille Lacs | 5,649 | $14.2M |
| 74 | Pine | 6,095 | $13.8M |
| 75 | Cass | 4,102 | $12.9M |
| 76 | Scott | 4,131 | $12.8M |
| 77 | Washington | 2,557 | $11.5M |
| 78 | Kanabec | 3,628 | $11.4M |
| 79 | Lake of the Woods | 2,283 | $11.3M |
| 80 | Hubbard | 2,237 | $11.1M |
| 81 | Hennepin | 4,092 | $11.0M |
| 82 | Kossuth | 1,587 | $8.1M |
| 83 | Grand Forks | 2,468 | $7.5M |
| 84 | Deuel | 2,308 | $6.9M |
| 85 | Winnebago | 1,493 | $6.8M |
| 86 | Crow Wing | 2,568 | $6.2M |
| 87 | Moody | 1,030 | $5.2M |
| 88 | Traill | 969 | $4.7M |
| 89 | Anoka | 1,177 | $4.7M |
| 90 | Walsh | 1,533 | $4.5M |
| 91 | Worth | 1,363 | $4.4M |
| 92 | Osceola | 870 | $4.2M |
| 93 | Clark | 1,500 | $4.1M |
| 94 | Richland | 1,570 | $4.1M |
| 95 | Brookings | 1,231 | $3.9M |
| 96 | Mitchell | 1,230 | $3.8M |
| 97 | Howard | 1,660 | $3.7M |
| 98 | Day | 860 | $3.6M |
| 99 | Aitkin | 1,315 | $3.4M |
| 100 | Emmet | 802 | $3.4M |
📊 Understanding Minnesota's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Minnesota received $8.15B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #5 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was CRP Annual Rental at $1.17B, followed by Market Facilitation Program 2019 at $993.5M. Payments flowed to recipients across 100 counties.
The average payment in Minnesota ($5K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Minnesota with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.