USDA subsidies for farms in Lea County, New Mexico totaled $108,646,000 from 1995 through 2009.
| Subsidy Category | Type | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 | TOTAL 1995-2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total USDA - Subsidies | Payments | $3,355,363 $3,744,267 $2,583,724 $4,410,329 $6,480,028 $5,286,699 |
$8,234,210 $5,277,669 $9,195,503 $9,020,688 $9,778,115 $6,118,165 |
$4,511,804 $5,201,449 $7,089,460 $5,557,849 $5,935,623 $6,864,809 |
$108,645,754 |
| Recipients | 328 357 253 260 406 281 | 362 395 447 398 375 290 | 264 273 260 275 269 244 | 986 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $423,807 $1,391,088 $1,072,952 $2,381,287 $3,310,803 $3,024,548 |
$4,743,348 $2,145,850 $5,174,103 $4,966,119 $5,661,535 $4,184,431 |
$2,703,923 $2,530,179 $3,894,654 $1,732,366 $1,180,574 $1,252,751 |
$51,774,317 |
| Recipients | 115 195 179 172 189 198 | 201 198 268 215 210 204 | 186 157 160 156 140 119 | 549 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $71,981 $1,650,156 $1,654,032 $1,270,830 $1,204,493 |
$1,117,190 $1,247,952 $1,096,865 $1,227,894 $1,044,983 $1,044,957 |
$12,631,334 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 11 231 190 180 173 | 156 136 143 139 128 116 | 371 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $72,782 $2,557,770 $1,675,867 $2,528,388 $2,341,940 |
$1,434,146 $1,110,958 $1,156,295 $392,255 $80,083 $0 |
$13,350,484 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 11 171 133 159 164 | 118 108 94 102 33 0 | 291 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $1,417,570 $1,069,145 $1,130,894 $1,151,864 $845,052 |
$806,099 $499,860 $-109,049 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$6,811,435 |
| Recipients | 0 175 176 172 161 153 | 149 142 53 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 293 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $556,779 $1,070,695 $981,138 |
$903,183 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,511,795 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 166 169 164 | 160 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 229 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $73,853 $44,144 |
$332,123 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$450,120 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 13 14 | 19 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 19 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,725 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,962 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $299,587 $-107,095 $-6,985 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$185,507 |
| Recipients | 107 80 5 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 103 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $642,279 $926,480 $939,091 |
$1,192,354 $447,238 $599,537 $428,406 $927,801 $247,363 |
$28,706 $2,877 $9,580 $5,696 $0 $0 |
$6,401,545 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 49 56 73 | 57 46 50 29 52 24 | 6 3 5 3 0 0 | 168 | |
| Total Commodity Certificates | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $85,790 $0 |
$766,234 $136,851 $0 $889,855 $821,578 $16,570 |
$0 $112,955 $484,829 $0 $0 $0 |
$3,314,662 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 11 9 0 21 28 7 | 0 8 18 0 0 0 | 60 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,198 $0 $33,259 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$34,457 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 0 32 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 37 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $53,500 $7,830 $0 |
$220,173 $85,027 $100,583 $124,523 $103,994 $106,647 |
$68,765 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$905,670 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 15 4 0 | 4 4 15 5 15 16 | 15 0 0 0 0 0 | 67 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $390,204 $-33,407 $193,157 $3,615 $267,129 |
$55,049 $0 $1,090,791 $106,521 $0 $201,109 |
$2,334,503 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 15 14 13 7 12 | 7 0 12 12 0 9 | 27 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $109,392 $45,383 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$154,775 |
| Recipients | 10 12 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 14 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,233 $22,287 $0 $0 $5,292 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$36,171 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 4 0 0 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $51,369 $0 |
$60,936 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 6 0 | 8 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $516 $0 $0 $0 $-5,708 $178,305 |
$515,026 $416,738 $374,271 $278 $36 $289 |
$67 $0 $154 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,477,903 |
| Recipients | 12 0 0 0 4 48 | 51 47 28 3 13 5 | 3 0 5 0 0 0 | 149 | |
| Total Peanut Load-in Charges | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Storage Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $55,341 $53,719 $0 $0 $0 |
$109,059 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 14 17 0 0 0 | 22 | |
| Total Step 2 Cotton Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Emergency Compensation Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Tobacco Payment Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Tobacco Transition Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Biomass Crop Assistance Programs | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Payments | $193,751 $179,311 $166,313 $227,694 $248,788 $253,541 |
$437,791 $248,570 $342,587 $552,622 $423,388 $572,790 |
$497,633 $621,103 $630,506 $754,119 $1,741,842 $1,765,339 |
$9,857,688 | |
| Recipients | 167 178 184 169 174 208 | 231 259 241 250 250 274 | 248 223 252 271 314 349 | 4,242 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $1,487,264 $1,431,461 $1,344,673 $1,296,041 $1,318,719 $1,360,526 |
$1,295,535 $1,350,345 $1,606,260 $1,779,073 $1,322,653 $1,307,417 |
$1,310,248 $1,213,793 $2,560,176 $1,883,303 $1,207,150 $1,114,417 |
$26,189,052 |
| Recipients | 147 148 131 144 142 145 | 138 140 150 161 137 136 | 138 118 156 132 108 106 | 433 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $1,433,341 $1,376,946 $1,338,418 $1,270,834 $1,292,846 $1,318,037 |
$1,271,340 $1,284,528 $1,264,804 $1,275,533 $1,322,653 $1,307,417 |
$1,286,442 $1,213,793 $1,151,956 $1,255,344 $1,207,150 $1,114,417 |
$22,985,798 |
| Recipients | 138 134 130 142 140 137 | 137 135 136 137 137 136 | 136 118 112 115 108 106 | 335 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $25,232 $0 $25,207 $0 $42,489 |
$24,195 $65,817 $341,456 $503,540 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $1,280,027 $621,018 $0 $0 |
$2,957,944 |
| Recipients | 0 10 0 4 0 9 | 3 5 14 27 0 0 | 0 0 48 17 0 0 | 108 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $53,923 $29,283 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$86,371 |
| Recipients | 16 13 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 26 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$23,806 $0 $128,193 $0 $0 $0 |
$158,940 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 9 0 0 0 | 13 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Total Agricultural Management Assistance | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Farmland Protection Program (fpp) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Resource Conservation & Development Program (rcd) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Water Bank Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $1,250,541 $742,407 $0 $505,307 $1,601,717 $648,085 |
$1,757,537 $1,532,904 $2,072,554 $1,722,874 $2,370,539 $53,527 |
$0 $836,374 $0 $1,188,061 $1,806,057 $2,732,302 |
$20,824,697 |
| Recipients | 134 115 0 17 215 49 | 168 179 178 143 158 6 | 0 91 0 69 100 92 | 528 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $20,513 $48,239 $0 |
$112,886 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 5 6 0 | 12 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $342,311 $99,173 $0 $505,307 $858,073 $640,183 |
$599,990 $536,536 $1,581,943 $1,573,088 $1,142,872 $0 |
$0 $572,541 $0 $510,229 $0 $2,636,547 |
$11,598,793 |
| Recipients | 27 38 0 17 57 48 | 63 72 102 126 50 0 | 0 30 0 45 0 90 | 337 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $908,230 $643,234 $0 $0 $743,644 $0 |
$1,157,547 $0 $436,644 $149,786 $1,227,667 $53,527 |
$0 $0 $0 $657,319 $1,757,818 $51,621 |
$7,794,725 |
| Recipients | 108 105 0 0 165 0 | 110 0 111 26 113 6 | 0 0 0 55 94 7 | 337 | |
| Karnal Bunt Programs | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Programmatic Environmental Assistance | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Specialty Crop Hurricane Disaster Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Corn | Payments | $27,750 $18,098 $11,980 $15,668 $14,982 $18,897 |
$19,842 $14,247 $5,802 $1,534 $2,344 $6,438 |
$17,362 $25,276 $36,708 $26,599 $38,110 $41,490 |
$343,127 |
| Recipients | 18 12 15 19 20 21 | 22 21 18 17 11 13 | 14 14 23 29 32 41 | 360 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Peanuts | Payments | $2,696 $13,261 $11,907 $26,390 $24,940 $52,526 |
$57,195 $29,375 $41,003 $35,988 $62,242 $53,470 |
$68,911 $83,494 $54,984 $71,920 $42,036 $84,868 |
$817,206 |
| Recipients | 19 22 25 25 33 45 | 49 57 53 53 59 70 | 60 51 47 53 63 68 | 852 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sorghum | Payments | $1,586 $19,388 $1,750 $2,136 $89 $468 |
$1,038 $1,993 $3,274 $804 $0 $85 |
$4,423 $38,407 $4,425 $1,154 $0 $2,453 |
$83,473 |
| Recipients | 34 42 37 33 32 37 | 46 55 47 50 54 53 | 51 46 52 57 65 67 | 858 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Sunflowers | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Cotton | Payments | $145,890 $118,877 $131,833 $127,585 $205,056 $170,139 |
$337,792 $193,969 $260,236 $483,082 $333,623 $456,185 |
$359,523 $422,806 $359,790 $559,330 $1,418,951 $868,800 |
$6,953,467 |
| Recipients | 73 75 77 70 72 82 | 87 92 88 90 93 105 | 90 78 75 80 89 92 | 1,508 | |
| Crop Ins. Premium Subsidy - Wheat | Payments | $15,829 $9,687 $8,843 $2,077 $1,641 $1,817 |
$9,395 $6,924 $10,927 $6,341 $6,553 $34,336 |
$20,977 $23,734 $148,061 $66,753 $21,007 $97,898 |
$492,800 |
| Recipients | 23 27 30 21 15 18 | 23 30 29 32 26 25 | 23 24 44 42 44 48 | 524 |
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 or 2012 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
