Montana (MT) received $3.50B across 472,056 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$3.50B
Payments
472,056
Counties
80
Avg Payment
$7K
60% above national avg
How Montana Compares
National Rank
#17 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$3K
Share of National Total
2.4%
💡 Key Insight
Montana's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $815.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($815.2M) was 3.0× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Montana
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $688.0M |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Program | $427.8M |
| 3 | CFAP Round 2 | $280.7M |
| 4 | Emergency Relief Program | $238.1M |
| 5 | CRP Annual Rental | $237.0M |
| 6 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $211.7M |
| 7 | CFAP3 Top-Up Payments | $152.2M |
| 8 | CFAP CCC Payments (A) | $133.7M |
| 9 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $123.2M |
| 10 | Emergency Livestock Relief Program | $101.1M |
Top Recipients in Montana
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockman Bank | $9.2M |
| 2 | Independence Bank | $8.5M |
| 3 | Mac'S Farm | $6.0M |
| 4 | Brown Farms Of Montana | $5.6M |
| 5 | Neufeld Farms Partnership | $5.4M |
| 6 | Big Sky Honey Inc | $4.7M |
| 7 | Torgerson Farms Partnership | $4.7M |
| 8 | Mccabe Joint Venture | $4.2M |
| 9 | Northwest Farm Credit Services Pc | $3.9M |
| 10 | Springwater Colony Inc | $3.8M |
| 11 | First Security Bank | $3.6M |
| 12 | S Farms | $3.6M |
| 13 | Patriot Farms | $3.3M |
| 14 | Big Sky Colony Inc | $3.1M |
| 15 | Eaton Ranch | $3.1M |
| 16 | Jason And Tanya Brewer | $3.1M |
| 17 | Hilldale Colony Inc | $3.0M |
| 18 | First Community Bank | $2.9M |
| 19 | Northwest Pollinators Jv | $2.9M |
| 20 | Farm Service Agency/Commodity Cre | $2.9M |
| 21 | Occ-O'Connor Crops & Cattle Llc | $2.8M |
| 22 | Big Rose Colony Inc | $2.5M |
| 23 | Deerfield Hutterian Brethren Inc | $2.5M |
| 24 | Wyatt D Handy | $2.5M |
| 25 | Stockman Bank | $2.5M |
Counties in Montana
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chouteau | 27,965 | $220.2M |
| 2 | Valley | 20,556 | $194.5M |
| 3 | Sheridan | 20,920 | $172.8M |
| 4 | Hill | 22,564 | $165.8M |
| 5 | Roosevelt | 20,736 | $137.5M |
| 6 | Blaine | 15,467 | $131.3M |
| 7 | Daniels | 15,997 | $125.0M |
| 8 | Toole | 16,221 | $123.0M |
| 9 | McCone | 13,802 | $121.4M |
| 10 | Phillips | 13,636 | $120.1M |
| 11 | Liberty | 11,975 | $118.0M |
| 12 | Fergus | 16,197 | $117.2M |
| 13 | Teton | 18,088 | $113.0M |
| 14 | Pondera | 14,800 | $103.7M |
| 15 | Richland | 17,154 | $102.8M |
| 16 | Dawson | 15,193 | $100.8M |
| 17 | Cascade | 15,957 | $100.0M |
| 18 | Glacier | 13,504 | $93.5M |
| 19 | Garfield | 7,323 | $78.7M |
| 20 | Powder River | 6,088 | $67.0M |
| 21 | Big Horn | 11,679 | $66.1M |
| 22 | Yellowstone | 12,126 | $62.0M |
| 23 | Rosebud | 5,960 | $59.5M |
| 24 | Carter | 5,201 | $59.2M |
| 25 | Judith Basin | 7,497 | $58.1M |
| 26 | Custer | 5,674 | $56.5M |
| 27 | Fallon | 6,804 | $52.6M |
| 28 | Beaverhead | 3,018 | $45.4M |
| 29 | Prairie | 4,383 | $41.3M |
| 30 | Wheatland | 3,513 | $35.3M |
| 31 | Gallatin | 6,017 | $34.9M |
| 32 | Musselshell | 4,075 | $31.9M |
| 33 | Stillwater | 6,929 | $31.0M |
| 34 | Wibaux | 4,145 | $26.1M |
| 35 | Broadwater | 3,737 | $25.6M |
| 36 | Golden Valley | 3,173 | $24.2M |
| 37 | Madison | 3,057 | $23.1M |
| 38 | Meagher | 1,565 | $22.3M |
| 39 | Lewis and Clark | 2,694 | $21.4M |
| 40 | Carbon | 5,470 | $18.7M |
| 41 | Lake | 4,127 | $16.8M |
| 42 | Petroleum | 1,636 | $16.2M |
| 43 | Powell | 1,930 | $13.3M |
| 44 | Park | 2,361 | $13.0M |
| 45 | Sweet Grass | 2,067 | $11.7M |
| 46 | McKenzie | 1,846 | $11.5M |
| 47 | Treasure | 1,616 | $10.7M |
| 48 | Flathead | 3,478 | $9.3M |
| 49 | Jefferson | 1,600 | $8.0M |
| 50 | Granite | 991 | $7.4M |
| 51 | Divide | 1,190 | $6.6M |
| 52 | Sanders | 1,278 | $5.8M |
| 53 | Ravalli | 1,342 | $5.1M |
| 54 | Deer Lodge | 812 | $4.4M |
| 55 | Williams | 491 | $3.8M |
| 56 | Grant | 195 | $3.7M |
| 57 | Cheyenne | 517 | $3.4M |
| 58 | Kit Carson | 295 | $3.3M |
| 59 | District of Columbia | 74 | $2.7M |
| 60 | Silver Bow | 454 | $2.4M |
| 61 | Lincoln | 470 | $2.1M |
| 62 | Harding | 142 | $1.9M |
| 63 | Slope | 195 | $1.9M |
| 64 | Missoula | 538 | $1.9M |
| 65 | Crook | 146 | $1.7M |
| 66 | Butte | 92 | $1.6M |
| 67 | Bowman | 189 | $1.3M |
| 68 | Phelps | 15 | $1.3M |
| 69 | Fremont | 145 | $642K |
| 70 | Adams | 253 | $611K |
| 71 | Mercer | 102 | $602K |
| 72 | Hamilton | 140 | $579K |
| 73 | Tensas | 38 | $559K |
| 74 | Logan | 213 | $535K |
| 75 | Meade | 95 | $529K |
| 76 | Benson | 72 | $516K |
| 77 | Stutsman | 106 | $491K |
| 78 | Sherman | 122 | $467K |
| 79 | Whitman | 430 | $465K |
| 80 | Ward | 243 | $442K |
📊 Understanding Montana's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Montana received $3.50B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #17 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was Price Loss Coverage Program at $688.0M, followed by Livestock Forage Program at $427.8M. Payments flowed to recipients across 80 counties.
The average payment in Montana ($7K) is 1.6× the national average of $5K — suggesting larger farming operations or heavier emergency spending than typical states.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Montana with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.