Table 5. Federal Government Payments and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Minnesota 
Aitkin 
Anoka 
Becker 
Beltrami 
Benton 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
...farms, 2012 
52,205 
104 
94 
696 
187 
612 
2007 
56,657 
123 
115 
780 
224 
576 
$1,000, 2012 
467,867 
275 
329 
6,592 
1,146 
3,168 
2007 
445,861 
222 
336 
4,330 
1,207 
2,390 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
8,962 
2,647 
3,500 
9,472 
6,130 
5,176 
2007 
7,869 
1,807 
2,920 
5,551 
5,389 
4,149 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
22,533 
41 
17 
409 
65 
144 
2007 
27,687 
51 
41 
537 
88 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
86,297 
54 
21 
1,383 
369 
132 
2007 
112,226 
78 
45 
1,699 
487 
141 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
3,830 
1,314 
1,217 
3,381 
5,678 
914 
2007 
4,053 
1,527 
1,085 
3,165 
5,538 
1,074 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
...farms, 2012 
42,743 
81 
88 
490 
165 
540 
2007 
41,951 
85 
104 
430 
186 
521 
$1,000, 2012 
381,570 
221 
308 
5,210 
777 
3,036 
2007 
333,635 
144 
291 
2,631 
720 
2,249 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
8,927 
2,733 
3,503 
10,632 
4,711 
5,623 
2007 
7,953 
1,698 
2,801 
6,118 
3,870 
4,317 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
...farms, 2012 
1,690 
_ 
1 
6 
_ 
13 
2007 
6,495 
- 
4 
32 
3 
25 
$1,000, 2012 
227,190 
- 
(D) 
163 
- 
1,305 
2007 
615,141 
- 
(D) 
2,449 
(D) 
825 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
...farms, 2012 
1,554 
- 
9 
4 
13 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
134,391 
- 
- 
385 
7 
763 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
...farms, 2012 
343 
860 
932 
61 
492 
128 
2007 
385 
992 
986 
63 
513 
123 
$1,000, 2012 
3,512 
7,732 
7,384 
(D) 
3,149 
542 
2007 
4,045 
8,511 
7,358 
123 
3,300 
344 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
10,240 
8,990 
7,923 
(D) 
6,400 
4,237 
2007 
10,508 
8,579 
7,463 
1,951 
6,432 
2,800 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
156 
415 
337 
12 
162 
23 
2007 
190 
485 
408 
20 
151 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
555 
1,176 
1,312 
(D) 
523 
56 
2007 
723 
1,210 
1,635 
28 
384 
66 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
3,557 
2,835 
3,892 
(D) 
3,231 
2,450 
2007 
3,808 
2,495 
4,007 
1,419 
2,543 
1,777 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
...farms, 2012 
283 
674 
818 
52 
443 
115 
2007 
308 
734 
785 
54 
435 
96 
$1,000, 2012 
2,957 
6,555 
6,073 
165 
2,626 
486 
2007 
3,322 
7,301 
5,723 
95 
2,916 
279 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
10,450 
9,726 
7,424 
3,175 
5,927 
4,226 
2007 
10,786 
9,947 
7,291 
1,751 
6,703 
2,902 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
...farms, 2012 
15 
54 
20 
_ 
11 
_ 
2007 
56 
184 
134 
3 
37 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
3,282 
4,605 
1,287 
- 
1,490 
- 
2007 
7,336 
20,104 
6,747 
110 
4,343 
- 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
...farms, 2012 
12 
32 
26 
- 
12 
1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
1,982 
2,818 
667 
- 
1,316 
(□) 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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