Farm Subsidy information
Lea County, New Mexico
Lea County, New Mexico Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2020
Total Subsidies, Lea County, New Mexico, 2020
Lea County, New Mexico Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- New Mexico ranking: 34 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in New Mexico did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Lea County, New Mexico, 2020:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2020 |
Subsidy Total 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 1 | 126 | $5,172,313 |
| 2 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 138 | $4,622,518 |
| 3 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 102 | $3,227,154 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 75 | $1,473,944 |
| 5 | Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments | 30 | $1,235,819 |
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