Farm Subsidy information
Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Blue Earth County, Minnesota Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, 1995-2020‡
Blue Earth County, Minnesota Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Minnesota ranking: 4 of 50 States
- 40 percent of farms in Minnesota did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 2,093 | $299,866,169 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 1,717 | $112,220,730 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,638 | $31,173,585 |
| 4 | Livestock Subsidies | 233 | $5,128,206 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 623 | $2,909,275 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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