FARMGRANT COUNTY PROFILE · PUBLIC USDA DATA

Lipscomb County, Texas

$2.4M in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)

Opportunity Score: 47/100

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USDA Farm Subsidies — Lipscomb County

$2.4M in USDA farm subsidies to Lipscomb County recipients (2024).

Sum of payments to 247 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.

Program Breakdown (selected programs, EWG/USDA 2024)

Disaster Payments $1.8M
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $493,101
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) $73,870

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

$4.0M 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 Loesch Farms Inc $124,295
2 Tammy Jo Nine Stotts LLC $107,344
3 L.B. $79,239
4 S.R. $75,072
5 Weidner Cattle Co $63,320
6 C.F.L. $59,377
7 D.B. $51,675
8 D.A. $47,684
9 E.L. $46,880
10 J.B. $43,571

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

About Farming in Lipscomb County

Lipscomb County has roughly 283 farms working about 554,835 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~1,961 acres per farm.

In Lipscomb County, irrigated cropland rents for roughly $71/acre and farmland is valued near $1,349/acre (USDA NASS).

Local signals from public data: Moderately below state-average USDA $/acre; Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs.

FarmGrant Opportunity Score

47 out of 100
Below Average
#163 of 254 in Texas (36th pctile)
43rd national percentile
Funding Gap? 15.0/25
Program Eligibility? 19.0/25
Insurance Opportunity? 5.6/25
Economic Need? 8.0/25
What drives this score
  • Moderately below state-average USDA $/acre
  • Rural county — eligible for rural-priority programs
  • Elevated beginning-producer presence (71 per 100 farms)
  • Elevated women-producer presence (73 per 100 farms)
  • Notable veteran population (7.0%)
  • Moderate poverty (12.6%)

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, Lipscomb County received about $4.25 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #1,686 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.

2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (554,835 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
2,906
(2023, USDA ERS)
Median Income
$67,386
(USDA ERS)
Poverty Rate
12.6%
(USDA ERS)
Unemployment
3.2%
(USDA ERS)
Cropland Rent
$71/ac
(USDA NASS, irrig.)
Land Value
$1,349/ac
(USDA NASS, 2022 Census)
Insurance Policies
422
(USDA RMA)
Acres Insured
280,468
(USDA RMA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much USDA funding does Lipscomb County receive?

Lipscomb County recipients received about $2.4M 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 Lipscomb 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; 47 for Lipscomb 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 Lipscomb 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.