Curry County, New Mexico Farm Subsidies

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Curry County in New Mexico received $276.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 22,705 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#22 of 3087

Rank in New Mexico

#1 of 32

Total Subsidies

$276.1M

Payments

22,705

Peak Year

2020

$59.0M

Avg Payment

$12K

162% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Curry County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $59.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($59.0M) was 3.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 162% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$36.0M3,128$12K
2024$26.6M2,591$10K
2023$27.6M2,387$12K
2022$38.3M1,989$19K
2021$27.3M2,722$10K
2020$59.0M3,028$19K
2019$24.8M2,585$10K
2018$16.6M2,200$8K
2017$20.0M2,075$10K

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About Farm Subsidies in Curry County

Curry 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 $276.1M across 22,705 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Curry County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

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.