Farm Subsidy information
Yellowstone County, Montana
Yellowstone County, Montana Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Yellowstone County, Montana, 1995-2020‡
Yellowstone County, Montana Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Montana ranking: 18 of 50 States
- 61 percent of farms in Montana did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Yellowstone County, Montana, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat Subsidies | 1,393 | $68,468,216 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 416 | $37,556,776 |
| 3 | Disaster Payments | 879 | $18,772,242 |
| 4 | Barley Subsidies | 1,562 | $15,876,060 |
| 5 | Corn Subsidies | 847 | $13,866,444 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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