De Baca County, New Mexico Farm Subsidies

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De Baca County in New Mexico received $27.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,141 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1432 of 3087

Rank in New Mexico

#11 of 32

Total Subsidies

$27.8M

Payments

2,141

Peak Year

2020

$6.7M

Avg Payment

$13K

180% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

De Baca County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $6.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($6.7M) was 4.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $13K is 180% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$3.3M309$11K
2024$3.9M244$16K
2023$2.8M281$10K
2022$3.2M178$18K
2021$3.7M242$15K
2020$6.7M539$12K
2019$1.4M111$13K
2018$1.2M123$10K
2017$1.6M114$14K

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About Farm Subsidies in De Baca County

De Baca 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 $27.8M across 2,141 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, De Baca 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.