Farm subsidies in Wisconsin
The Farm Service Agency paid 31,934 recipients in Wisconsin $547.3 million in 2025, across 149,055 payments through 71 county offices — 2.2% of what it paid nationally.
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Wisconsin in 2025
- $547.3 million
- Paid out
- $547,263,047
- 2.2% of the national total, which was $24.4 billion.
- 31,934
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 149,055
- Payments
- One row is one disbursement, not one recipient and not one year.
- 71
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farming counties.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $235,764,576 | 20,728 | 40,838 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $127,713,291 | 7,825 | 10,962 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $92,536,916 | 17,894 | 73,355 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $39,879,815 | 1,450 | 2,931 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $32,929,025 | 8,135 | 13,763 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $8,120,737 | 5,148 | 5,479 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $7,235,099 | 269 | 360 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $935,044 | 40 | 43 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $702,901 | 307 | 475 |
| CRP - Continuous PIP | $586,394 | 513 | 715 |
Every county office
| County | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County | $23,315,325 | 1,865 | 6,315 |
| Dane County | $21,933,429 | 1,469 | 6,473 |
| Dodge County | $21,362,424 | 1,040 | 4,945 |
| Rock County | $19,136,676 | 1,133 | 5,219 |
| Marathon County | $17,224,997 | 873 | 4,266 |
| Lafayette County | $15,517,481 | 939 | 3,296 |
| Fond du Lac County | $15,370,378 | 872 | 4,077 |
| Green County | $14,648,836 | 891 | 3,197 |
| Outagamie County | $14,538,483 | 633 | 2,895 |
| Columbia County | $14,250,411 | 717 | 3,550 |
| Iowa County | $12,944,560 | 1,153 | 3,205 |
| Portage County | $12,643,869 | 434 | 1,342 |
| Sauk County | $12,566,468 | 878 | 3,687 |
| Jefferson County | $12,400,470 | 668 | 3,338 |
| Barron County | $11,864,493 | 713 | 3,650 |
| Trempealeau County | $11,388,174 | 976 | 4,081 |
| Dunn County | $10,644,536 | 853 | 4,235 |
| Brown County | $10,635,142 | 488 | 2,996 |
| Pierce County | $10,603,155 | 682 | 3,010 |
| Manitowoc County | $10,358,324 | 692 | 2,975 |
| St. Croix County | $9,771,383 | 672 | 2,490 |
| Wood County | $9,659,184 | 443 | 1,938 |
| Walworth County | $9,561,148 | 630 | 2,770 |
| Chippewa County | $9,363,829 | 643 | 2,351 |
| Vernon County | $9,209,991 | 862 | 3,486 |
| Monroe County | $9,121,976 | 788 | 3,521 |
| Polk County | $8,974,279 | 614 | 3,257 |
| Sheboygan County | $8,903,869 | 443 | 2,333 |
| Jackson County | $8,879,707 | 556 | 2,554 |
| Juneau County | $8,618,716 | 469 | 1,912 |
| Taylor County | $8,491,044 | 333 | 1,710 |
| Clark County | $8,396,175 | 494 | 2,066 |
| Winnebago County | $8,234,553 | 543 | 2,520 |
| Kewaunee County | $7,703,002 | 475 | 2,063 |
| Oconto County | $7,416,720 | 415 | 2,583 |
| Waupaca County | $7,306,054 | 617 | 2,882 |
| Calumet County | $7,122,075 | 428 | 1,801 |
| Shawano County | $6,896,427 | 564 | 1,683 |
| Richland County | $6,879,862 | 703 | 2,842 |
| Crawford County | $6,846,818 | 670 | 2,730 |
| Racine County | $6,692,822 | 313 | 1,555 |
| Adams County | $6,571,049 | 153 | 677 |
| Washington County | $6,234,039 | 310 | 1,649 |
| Door County | $6,052,665 | 341 | 1,565 |
| Buffalo County | $5,520,460 | 572 | 2,119 |
| Eau Claire County | $5,405,300 | 572 | 1,817 |
| Langlade County | $4,886,098 | 111 | 395 |
| Green Lake County | $4,643,423 | 316 | 1,397 |
| Marquette County | $4,538,268 | 180 | 986 |
| Marinette County | $4,113,316 | 171 | 1,268 |
| Waukesha County | $3,672,073 | 172 | 1,109 |
| Kenosha County | $3,403,246 | 189 | 900 |
| La Crosse County | $3,314,702 | 405 | 1,294 |
| Waushara County | $3,266,641 | 138 | 481 |
| Pepin County | $3,259,231 | 353 | 1,320 |
| Ozaukee County | $3,215,495 | 178 | 839 |
| Rusk County | $2,815,465 | 181 | 771 |
| Washburn County | $2,108,046 | 124 | 552 |
| Oneida County | $1,760,998 | 15 | 56 |
| Burnett County | $1,622,976 | 134 | 773 |
| Lincoln County | $866,473 | 86 | 420 |
| Bayfield County | $651,116 | 71 | 187 |
| Price County | $550,612 | 54 | 250 |
| Sawyer County | $476,644 | 32 | 94 |
| Ashland County | $421,616 | 52 | 154 |
| Vilas County | $164,219 | 5 | 12 |
| Douglas County | $147,319 | 29 | 37 |
| Milwaukee County | $89,292 | 29 | 76 |
| Forest County | $63,084 | 10 | 21 |
| Iron County | $26,941 | 9 | 21 |
| Florence County | $4,979 | 5 | 16 |
The largest recipients in Wisconsin
| Recipient | Where | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sowinski Farms Inc | Rhinelander | $1,164,064 | 16 |
| Mortenson Bros Farms Inc | Plainfield | $1,047,628 | 4 |
| Zahn Farms Cropping | Gillett | $1,033,851 | 101 |
| Signature Farms Llc | Grand Marsh | $930,707 | 8 |
| Gumz Muck Farms Llc | Endeavor | $908,696 | 3 |
| Northern Family Farms Llp | Merrillan | $900,000 | 3 |
| Heartland Farms Inc | Hancock | $900,000 | 1 |
| Alsum Farms Inc | Cambria | $900,000 | 2 |
| S&S Cropping Enterprises | Sturgeon Bay | $753,515 | 138 |
| Kuchta Farms | Peshtigo | $738,623 | 127 |
Counties in Wisconsin, side by side
The closest pairs among the state’s largest county offices. Any two counties compare on demand; these are the ones in the sitemap, because a page a crawler is offered has to be a page something links to.
- Grant County and Dane County
- Dane County and Dodge County
- Dodge County and Rock County
- Rock County and Marathon County
- Marathon County and Lafayette County
- Lafayette County and Fond du Lac County
- Fond du Lac County and Green County
- Green County and Outagamie County
- Outagamie County and Columbia County
- Columbia County and Iowa County
Wisconsin elsewhere on the Factbook
- Reported crimeCrime and justice
Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.
- Cities by violent crime rateCrime and justice
What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.
- Prison populationCrime and justice
People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.
- Arrests by race, sex and ageCrime and justice
Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.
- Hate crimeCrime and justice
Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.
- Federal obligationsFederal spending
What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.
- Registered nonprofitsNonprofits
How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.
- Payments to doctorsHealth
What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.
- The Wisconsin Factbook entryAcross the Factbook
Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.
The immigration hub has no page for this state: EOIR runs no immigration court here, and CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography. Immigration and the border.
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work
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