Catron County in New Mexico received $23.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,948 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
📊 County Rank
Total Subsidies
$23.7M
Payments
1,948
Peak Year
2025
$5.2M
Avg Payment
$12K
162% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Catron County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $5.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($4.6M) was 7.9× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 162% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Catron County
Catron County, New Mexico 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 $23.7M across 1,948 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Catron County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $5.2M.
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.