Farm Subsidy information
Lea County, New Mexico
Lea County, New Mexico Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2022
Total Subsidies, Lea County, New Mexico, 2022
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, 2022:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2022 |
Subsidy Total 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 35 | $2,570,347 |
| 2 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 76 | $2,384,884 |
| 3 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 80 | $1,269,538 |
| 4 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 49 | $686,685 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 36 | $328,421 |
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