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Esther Arnst

The Farm Service Agency recorded $316.2 thousand paid to Esther Arnst of Valier, MT in 2014 to 2021, across 42 payments under 5 programs.

What the record holds

$316.2 thousand
Paid
$316,166
Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
42
Payments
One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one year and not one program.
5
Programs
Named in the file itself, so this is what the money was for as USDA records it.
2
County offices
The offices that administered the payments, which is not where any land is.

USDA mails this payee’s payments to Valier, MT 59486-5431. That is where a check goes, not where a farm is: a payee can be addressed to an accountant in another state. The street line is in FSA’s payment files, and not printed here.

What the payments were for

Farm program payments to Esther Arnst by program, 2014 to 2021
ProgramPaidPayments
Price Loss Coverage Program$276,28933
Tmp/Mfp 2019 Non Specialty Crops$16,2071
Market Facilitation Program - Crops$10,7321
WHIP Plus 3 Assistance$6,6312
Dcp - Direct$6,3075

By year

Farm program payments to Esther Arnst by calendar year
YearPaidPayments
2021$1,1051
2020$56,9625
2019$52,0496
2018$41,8805
2017$96,5678
2016$50,6887
2015$10,6085
2014$6,3075

The calendar year USDA disbursed the money, which is frequently not the year of the program it was paid under. The site holds the years listed here and no others.

Which offices paid

The FSA offices that paid Esther Arnst
CountyStatePaidPayments
PonderaMontana$287,74639
TooleMontana$28,4203

Nearby on this site

A payee's neighbours here are the other recipients paid through the same state's offices, not the farms next door: FSA publishes no location, only the address it pays.

The largest recipients Montana's offices paid in 2025, which is one year rather than the years above.

Sources

Data retrieved