Farm subsidies in Silver Bow County, Montana
The Farm Service Agency paid 30 recipients $324.0 thousand through its Silver Bow office in 2025, across 83 payments — 0.1% of what it paid in Montana.
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Silver Bow County in 2025
- $324.0 thousand
- Paid out
- $323,984
- 53 of 56 counties in Montana by what the office paid.
- 30
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 83
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $9
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 36,118 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 Silver Bow and numbers it 93 within state 30, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Silver Bow County is 30093.
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 | $212,091,056 | 7,753 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $96,240,550 | 3,524 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $40,764,692 | 1,881 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $38,756,023 | 4,619 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $34,450,640 | 1,974 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $28,730,740 | 1,187 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $24,460,470 | 2,248 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $20,957,262 | 1,919 |
The largest counties in Montana
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Sheridan County | $41,429,933 | 582 |
| Valley County | $38,199,812 | 483 |
| Daniels County | $29,897,548 | 309 |
| Roosevelt County | $29,502,228 | 446 |
| Toole County | $28,204,520 | 485 |
| Chouteau County | $27,915,255 | 801 |
| Hill County | $27,185,674 | 759 |
| Liberty County | $23,906,367 | 376 |
| McCone County | $21,157,103 | 403 |
| Dawson County | $20,227,487 | 488 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Montana · Federal awards recorded in Silver Bow County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — 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
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