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Farm subsidies in Custer County, Montana
The Farm Service Agency paid 159 recipients $6.1 million through its Custer office in 2025, across 518 payments — 1.1% of what it paid in Montana.
Custer County in 2025
- $6.1 million
- Paid out
- $6,130,185
- 1,232 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 27 of 56 counties in Montana by what the office paid.
- 159
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 518
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $509
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 12,034 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 Custer and numbers it 17 within state 30, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Custer County is 30017.
The recipients this office paid the most
The 10 recipients with the largest net total through the Custer office in 2025, each linked to its page. A recipient is a name and mailing address as published, wherever the address is.
| Recipient | Paid out | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Brody J Erlenbusch Dba E Farms LLC | $356,564 | 8 |
| Diamond J Cattle LLC | $212,216 | 4 |
| Damian Joe Ballensky | $164,024 | 6 |
| Douglas D Singleton | $162,255 | 4 |
| Stagg Honey Company & Pollination Services LLC | $161,135 | 4 |
| John Jones | $147,223 | 12 |
| Phalen Ranch Co | $136,255 | 3 |
| Royce Ponessa | $125,651 | 8 |
| Jay F Murnion | $112,507 | 2 |
| Gray Inc | $110,168 | 5 |
What Montana 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 Montana’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $212.1 million$212,091,056 | 7,753 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $96.2 million$96,240,550 | 3,524 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $40.8 million$40,764,692 | 1,881 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $38.8 million$38,756,023 | 4,619 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $34.5 million$34,450,640 | 1,974 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $28.7 million$28,730,740 | 1,187 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $24.5 million$24,460,470 | 2,248 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $21.0 million$20,957,262 | 1,919 |
The largest counties in Montana
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Sheridan County | $41.4 million$41,429,933 | 582 |
| Valley County | $38.2 million$38,199,812 | 483 |
| Daniels County | $29.9 million$29,897,548 | 309 |
| Roosevelt County | $29.5 million$29,502,228 | 446 |
| Toole County | $28.2 million$28,204,520 | 485 |
| Chouteau County | $27.9 million$27,915,255 | 801 |
| Hill County | $27.2 million$27,185,674 | 759 |
| Liberty County | $23.9 million$23,906,367 | 376 |
| McCone County | $21.2 million$21,157,103 | 403 |
| Dawson County | $20.2 million$20,227,487 | 488 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Montana · Federal awards recorded in Custer County · PPP loans in Custer County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
Compiled automatically from Farm program payment files by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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