$999,629 in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)
Opportunity Score: 35/100
$999,629 in USDA farm subsidies to Noble County recipients (2024).
Sum of payments to 348 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.
Selected program components shown individually. These are separate EWG/USDA pulls and are not additive to the headline subsidy total — no combined "total" is shown. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database / USDA, 2024.
$3.3M in federal crop-insurance premium subsidy (RMA, 2024).
This is a separate program total (premium-subsidy dollars only) — it is not part of the subsidy headline above and is shown on its own. Source: USDA RMA via EWG, 2024.
| # | Recipient | 2024 Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwood Family Farm LLC | $52,715 |
| 2 | R.R.K. | $27,532 |
| 3 | D.K. | $27,532 |
| 4 | M.H. | $26,733 |
| 5 | J.H. | $25,862 |
| 6 | Egg Innovations LLC | $17,651 |
| 7 | B.S.K. | $15,969 |
| 8 | A.W. | $15,746 |
| 9 | F.K. | $15,683 |
| 10 | Hontz Family Farm LLC | $13,741 |
Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above.
Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.
Noble County has roughly 1,067 farms working about 174,349 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~163 acres per farm.
In Noble County, irrigated cropland rents for roughly $238/acre and farmland is valued near $9,064/acre (USDA NASS).
Local signals from public data: Above-average USDA $/acre — fewer gaps; Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs.
An opportunity-gap indicator (0–100) built from up to four public-data components — not a prediction that any farm will get funding or qualifies for a program. Sources: USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG subsidy records.
Historically, Noble County received about $5.73 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #1,370 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.
2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (174,349 acres, USDA NASS 2022 Census).
A descriptive county-wide statistic — not a prediction of what any individual farm received or will receive.
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Noble County recipients received about $999,629 in USDA farm subsidies in 2024, per the EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm). This is a single-year county total of recorded payments, not a forecast of future funding.
Farmers may be eligible for a range of USDA programs — conservation (e.g. CRP, EQIP), commodity support (ARC/PLC), disaster assistance, federal crop insurance, and FSA loans. Eligibility depends on your farm; use the free Subsidy Finder to see programs you could qualify for.
The Opportunity Score (0–100; 35 for Noble County) is an opportunity-gap indicator built from up to four public-data components — funding gap, program eligibility, insurance opportunity, and economic need — using USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG records. It is not a prediction that any farm will receive funding or qualifies for a specific program.
Compare USDA subsidy data and Opportunity Scores for nearby Indiana counties.
Farms in Noble County may qualify for USDA programs based on crop, conservation, and disaster activity. Run the free Subsidy Finder to see which programs you could qualify for, then prep your local USDA office visit.
Data as of June 02, 2026. Subsidy figures: USDA/EWG 2024 release. Farmland acres: USDA NASS 2022 Census. Opportunity score refreshed monthly. Each figure above carries its own data year; this page is never fresher than its oldest input.