Farm Subsidy information
Lea County, New Mexico
Lea County, New Mexico Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Lea County, New Mexico, 2008
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, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 136 | $1,247,952 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 118 | $1,213,793 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 108 | $1,110,958 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 30 | $572,541 |
| 5 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 62 | $263,833 |
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