Merrimack County, New Hampshire Farm Subsidies

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Merrimack County in New Hampshire received $6.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,342 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2343 of 3087

Rank in New Hampshire

#2 of 10

Total Subsidies

$6.2M

Payments

1,342

Peak Year

2021

$2.0M

Avg Payment

$5K

Near national avg

💡 Key Insight

Merrimack County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $2.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.6M) was 8.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is near the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$410K90$5K
2024$375K57$7K
2023$728K179$4K
2022$297K81$4K
2021$2.0M290$7K
2020$1.6M300$5K
2019$303K147$2K
2018$235K136$2K
2017$193K62$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Merrimack County

Merrimack County, New Hampshire is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $6.2M across 1,342 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Merrimack County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $2.0M.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.