Farm Subsidy information
Maine
Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2024
Total Subsidies, Maine, 2024
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, 2024:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2024 |
Subsidy Total 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 139 | $693,850 |
| 2 | Emergency Conservation Program | 42 | $620,755 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 47 | $546,758 |
| 4 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 95 | $462,386 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 135 | $269,187 |
| 6 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 18 | $162,021 |
| 7 | Conservation Reserve Program | 74 | $123,614 |
| 8 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Round 2 | 3 | $59,941 |
| 9 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 5 | $34,921 |
| 10 | CCC Organic Programs | 28 | $28,074 |
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