Farm Subsidy information
Maine
Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2012
Total Subsidies, Maine, 2012
Maine Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Maine ranking: 40 of 50 States
- 89 percent of farms in Maine did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Maine, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2012 |
Subsidy Total 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 285 | $2,762,630 |
| 2 | Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program (TAAF) | 1,175 | $2,339,839 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 401 | $776,941 |
| 4 | Emergency Conservation Program | 31 | $710,074 |
| 5 | Direct Payment Program | 513 | $700,331 |
| 6 | SURE - 2010 Recovery Act Program | 16 | $57,773 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 4 | $26,182 |
| 8 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 5 | $14,892 |
| 9 | Biomass Crop Assistance Program | 1 | $14,581 |
| 10 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 18 | $4,987 |
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