Farm subsidies in Big Stone County, Minnesota
The Farm Service Agency paid 584 recipients $19.7 million through its Big Stone office in 2025, across 2,684 payments — 1.0% of what it paid in Minnesota.
Big Stone County in 2025
- $19.7 million
- Paid out
- $19,725,213
- 44 of 84 counties in Minnesota by what the office paid.
- 584
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 2,684
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $3.9 thousand
- Per resident
- $3,903
- Over the Census Bureau's 5,054 residents. Farm payments go to farms, not to residents — this is a way to compare counties, not a payment anyone received.
FSA calls this office Big Stone and numbers it 11 within state 27, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Big Stone County is 27011.
What Minnesota was paid for
The state’s programs, largest first. The published file records a program against a payment rather than against a county office, so these are Minnesota’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $661,772,882 | 24,799 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $614,791,878 | 34,785 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $459,263,096 | 26,555 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $156,403,613 | 29,754 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $37,350,893 | 1,695 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $14,340,200 | 1,062 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $6,844,002 | 4,708 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $6,120,837 | 133 |
The largest counties in Minnesota
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Renville County | $81,684,148 | 1,571 |
| Redwood County | $62,727,383 | 1,733 |
| Faribault County | $60,049,504 | 1,110 |
| Martin County | $56,678,304 | 1,103 |
| Blue Earth County | $55,156,344 | 1,286 |
| Murray County | $52,889,543 | 1,318 |
| Cottonwood County | $52,870,903 | 1,179 |
| Freeborn County | $51,777,796 | 1,240 |
| Nobles County | $49,890,891 | 1,502 |
| Jackson County | $48,011,204 | 1,153 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Minnesota · Federal awards recorded in Big Stone County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
Data retrieved