Farm Subsidy information
Lea County, New Mexico
Lea County, New Mexico Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2023
Total Subsidies, Lea County, New Mexico, 2023
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, 2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2023 |
Subsidy Total 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 78 | $3,032,930 |
| 2 | Dairy Programs | 7 | $1,423,448 |
| 3 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 97 | $856,550 |
| 4 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 19 | $476,577 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 76 | $470,550 |
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