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Cibola County, New Mexico

$805,887 in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)

Opportunity Score: 75/100

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USDA Farm Subsidies — Cibola County

$805,887 in USDA farm subsidies to Cibola County recipients (2024).

Sum of payments to 129 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.

Program Breakdown (selected programs, EWG/USDA 2024)

Disaster Payments $805,884

Selected program components shown individually. These are separate EWG/USDA pulls and are not additive to the headline subsidy total — no combined "total" is shown. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database / USDA, 2024.

Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy

$3.2M in federal crop-insurance premium subsidy (RMA, 2024).

This is a separate program total (premium-subsidy dollars only) — it is not part of the subsidy headline above and is shown on its own. Source: USDA RMA via EWG, 2024.

Top Subsidy Recipients

# Recipient 2024 Total
1 Acoma Business Enterprises Dba Acoma Land And Catt $88,991
2 Sedillo Cattle Association $80,189
3 Dough Mountain Grazing Association $53,649
4 Mccullough Farms - D Patrick & Marlys Mccullough $37,547
5 C.E. $37,400
6 J.G. $36,339
7 Cross 5 Ranch $34,298
8 Hartman Walking O Land & Cattle LLC $25,605
9 W.M.W. $22,001
10 G.S. $18,180

Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.

About Farming in Cibola County

Cibola County has roughly 520 farms working about 1,700,895 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~3,271 acres per farm.

In Cibola County, farmland is valued near $406/acre (USDA NASS).

Local signals from public data: Very low USDA $/acre vs. state average — large funding gap; Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs.

FarmGrant Opportunity Score

75 out of 100
High Opportunity
#2 of 33 in New Mexico (97th pctile)
96th national percentile
Funding Gap? 25.0/25
Program Eligibility? 17.0/25
Insurance Opportunity? 15.6/25
Economic Need? 18.0/25
What drives this score
  • Very low USDA $/acre vs. state average — large funding gap
  • Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs
  • Above-average beginning producers (43 per 100 farms)
  • Elevated women-producer presence (68 per 100 farms)
  • Notable veteran population (7.3%)
  • Low insured-policy density (0.1 policies/farm)
  • Above-average poverty (23.7%)
  • Above-average unemployment (5.2%)
  • Below-average income ($47,530)

An opportunity-gap indicator (0–100) built from up to four public-data components — not a prediction that any farm will get funding or qualifies for a program. Sources: USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG subsidy records.

USDA Funding Per Acre

Historically, Cibola County received about $0.47 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #2,806 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.

2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (1,700,895 acres, USDA NASS 2022 Census). A descriptive county-wide statistic — not a prediction of what any individual farm received or will receive.

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County Land Economics & Demographics

Population
26,780
(2023, USDA ERS)
Median Income
$47,530
(USDA ERS)
Poverty Rate
23.7%
(USDA ERS)
Unemployment
5.2%
(USDA ERS)
Land Value
$406/ac
(USDA NASS, 2022 Census)
Insurance Policies
32
(USDA RMA)
Acres Insured
1,191,309
(USDA RMA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much USDA funding does Cibola County receive?

Cibola County recipients received about $805,887 in USDA farm subsidies in 2024, per the EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm). This is a single-year county total of recorded payments, not a forecast of future funding.

What USDA programs are available to farmers in Cibola County?

Farmers may be eligible for a range of USDA programs — conservation (e.g. CRP, EQIP), commodity support (ARC/PLC), disaster assistance, federal crop insurance, and FSA loans. Eligibility depends on your farm; use the free Subsidy Finder to see programs you could qualify for.

How is the FarmGrant Opportunity Score calculated?

The Opportunity Score (0–100; 75 for Cibola County) is an opportunity-gap indicator built from up to four public-data components — funding gap, program eligibility, insurance opportunity, and economic need — using USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG records. It is not a prediction that any farm will receive funding or qualifies for a specific program.

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Farms in Cibola County may qualify for USDA programs based on crop, conservation, and disaster activity. Run the free Subsidy Finder to see which programs you could qualify for, then prep your local USDA office visit.

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Data as of June 02, 2026. Subsidy figures: USDA/EWG 2024 release. Farmland acres: USDA NASS 2022 Census. Opportunity score refreshed monthly. Each figure above carries its own data year; this page is never fresher than its oldest input.