The Risk Management Agency paid out more than $7.2 billion in claims in 2021. Over $5 billion of those claims were related to the drought. Only four North Dakota counties did not receive over $10 million in indemnity payments. North Dakota’s McLean County, which is in the central part of the state, received more than $119 million in crop insurance payments. Farmers and ranchers in South Dakota’s Edmunds County were paid nearly $65 million. For Minnesota, Polk County received the most indemnity payments at $58 million. Click here to see the map of 2021 indemnity payments.
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