USDA ERS · CONSERVATION-LED · LIGHT · NH

New Hampshire farm subsidy data

Conservation-weighted ERS profile for FY2023; county NASS tables below are a separate 2022 Census population.

By PlainFarmData ·Data year 2023·USDA ERS → ·USDA NASS Census →

Total payments: $10M
Net farm income (2023): $38M

Conservation share inside New Hampshire's $10M ERS total

Exclusive partition of this state's fiscal-year 2023 USDA ERS total (CONSERVATION-LED). Conservation and disaster are published line items; the residual is commodity / ARC-PLC / MFP and other program families in the same extract.

Conservation $5M ERS payment dollars (49%) Disaster $2M ERS payment dollars (19%) Commodity / ARC-PLC / MFP $3M ERS payment dollars (33%)

New Hampshire: conservation leads a light ERS book

New Hampshire stamps CONSERVATION-LED · LIGHT: conservation $5M inside $10M ERS total for FY2023 (#48/50).

Conservation dollars (CRP / EQIP / CSP families in this extract) are the standing policy signal here; net farm income $38M and cash receipts $250M are the market counterweight for FY2023.

County farm-count and sales tables below are the separate 2022 NASS Census population and do not sum to this ERS state total. Figures follow USDA Economic Research Service Farm Income and Wealth Statistics.

Latest release change: +58.1% · $10M FY2023 → $16M FY2024 (LIGHT book; full year table reserved for heavier states).

Cash receipts by commodity in New Hampshire

Cattle $15M (5.8%)

Total cash receipts: $250M

Crop insurance loss ratio 702% ($2M on $0M premiums); secondary to the CONSERVATION-LED payment stamp.

Counties in New Hampshire (10)

County	Farms	Sales	Govt Payments
Merrimack	569	$66M	$0.8M
Grafton	496	$33M	$2.1M
Hillsborough	570	$30M	$0.7M
Sullivan	271	$23M	$0.4M
Coos	278	$22M	$0.4M
Cheshire	415	$22M	$0.4M
Rockingham	527	$22M	$0.5M
Strafford	332	$16M	$0.2M
Belknap	272	$9M	$0.1M
Carroll	219	$6M	$0.1M

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Farm Income and Wealth Statistics (1995-2024) County data: USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture

Income beside conservation stamp

Gross cash $305M · net cash $43M · net farm $38M

USDA ERS Farm Income · FY2023 · County: 2022 NASS Census

Nearest ERS payment peer (CONSERVATION-LED · LIGHT): Alaska · CONSERVATION-LED · Browse conservation-family programs · Merrimack County NASS table

Next steps from New Hampshire's payment data

Out of 50 states, New Hampshire lands at #48 by total ERS farm payments -- worth following up on:

Compare New Hampshire against its 4 nearest Northeast peers by payment volume. Compare states
Merrimack County leads New Hampshire in commodity sales (2022 NASS Census) -- see the county-level detail. County detail
Browse conservation-family programs explains the program-level context these totals come from. Learn more

State payment totals (USDA ERS) and county figures (2022 NASS Census of Agriculture) are separate populations and must not be summed together.

Frequently Asked Questions

How large is conservation inside New Hampshire's ERS total?

New Hampshire stamps CONSERVATION-LED: conservation $5M of $10M in FY2023.

What is New Hampshire's net farm income in this ERS year?

New Hampshire's net farm income is $38M (FY2023), on $305M gross cash income.

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Compiled from official public sources by the publisher. · Updated May 2026

Every figure on PlainFarmData is rendered from USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics (state and national payments) or the USDA NASS Census of Agriculture (county farm structure), depending on the page, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.