Farm Subsidy information
Maine
Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2023
Total Subsidies, Maine, 2023
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, 2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2023 |
Subsidy Total 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 151 | $7,433,327 |
| 2 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 25 | $1,182,809 |
| 3 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 301 | $552,914 |
| 4 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 58 | $431,982 |
| 5 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 154 | $196,674 |
| 6 | Conservation Reserve Program | 95 | $182,738 |
| 7 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 11 | $151,089 |
| 8 | Total Pandemic Assistance Program (PARP) | 35 | $89,520 |
| 9 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 1 | 1 | $84,410 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 4 | $65,430 |
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