Dona Ana County, New Mexico Farm Subsidies

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Dona Ana County in New Mexico received $65.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 5,658 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#839 of 3087

Rank in New Mexico

#6 of 32

Total Subsidies

$65.8M

Payments

5,658

Peak Year

2020

$26.9M

Avg Payment

$12K

151% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Dona Ana County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $26.9M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($26.9M) was 24.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 151% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$9.7M713$14K
2024$3.4M321$11K
2023$3.2M329$10K
2022$8.4M261$32K
2021$5.6M754$7K
2020$26.9M1,650$16K
2019$5.7M910$6K
2018$1.7M457$4K
2017$1.1M263$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Dona Ana County

Dona Ana 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 $65.8M across 5,658 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, Dona Ana 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.