Sugar Beet Subsidies in Minnesota totaled $89.0 million from 1995-2020‡.
Counties in Minnesota Receiving sugar beet subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
County |
Sugar Beet Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Polk County, Minnesota | $12,278,234 | 13.8% | 13.8% |
| 2 | Marshall County, Minnesota | $9,816,966 | 11.0% | 24.8% |
| 3 | Kittson County, Minnesota | $8,616,355 | 9.7% | 34.5% |
| 4 | Clay County, Minnesota | $8,218,571 | 9.2% | 43.7% |
| 5 | Norman County, Minnesota | $7,927,594 | 8.9% | 52.6% |
| 6 | Chippewa County, Minnesota | $7,466,295 | 8.4% | 61.0% |
| 7 | Wilkin County, Minnesota | $7,437,720 | 8.4% | 69.4% |
| 8 | Renville County, Minnesota | $7,021,576 | 7.9% | 77.2% |
| 9 | Kandiyohi County, Minnesota | $4,033,799 | 4.5% | 81.8% |
| 10 | Grant County, Minnesota | $2,136,388 | 2.4% | 84.2% |
| 11 | Traverse County, Minnesota | $2,081,735 | 2.3% | 86.5% |
| 12 | | $1,992,323 | 2.2% | 88.8% |
| 13 | Becker County, Minnesota | $1,846,498 | 2.1% | 90.8% |
| 14 | Stevens County, Minnesota | $1,295,575 | 1.5% | 92.3% |
| 15 | Mahnomen County, Minnesota | $1,051,026 | 1.2% | 93.5% |
| 16 | Redwood County, Minnesota | $984,482 | 1.1% | 94.6% |
| 17 | Otter Tail County, Minnesota | $849,131 | 1.0% | 95.5% |
| 18 | Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota | $771,182 | 0.9% | 96.4% |
| 19 | Swift County, Minnesota | $673,814 | 0.8% | 97.1% |
| 20 | Stearns County, Minnesota | $457,123 | 0.5% | 97.7% |
| 21 | McLeod County, Minnesota | $327,366 | 0.4% | 98.0% |
| 22 | Pope County, Minnesota | $290,411 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 23 | Brown County, Minnesota | $261,519 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 24 | Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota | $245,941 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 25 | Sibley County, Minnesota | $208,559 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 26 | Meeker County, Minnesota | $130,567 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 27 | Douglas County, Minnesota | $119,899 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 28 | Nicollet County, Minnesota | $119,691 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 29 | Red Lake County, Minnesota | $76,984 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 30 | Pennington County, Minnesota | $69,538 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 31 | Big Stone County, Minnesota | $65,287 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 32 | Beltrami County, Minnesota | $39,964 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 33 | Lincoln County, Minnesota | $39,922 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 34 | Morrison County, Minnesota | $19,999 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 35 | Carver County, Minnesota | $19,990 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 36 | Lyon County, Minnesota | $19,972 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 37 | Watonwan County, Minnesota | $18,084 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 38 | Cottonwood County, Minnesota | $13,742 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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