Farm Subsidy information
Maine
Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2005
Total Subsidies, Maine, 2005
Maine Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Maine ranking: 39 of 50 States
- 89 percent of farms in Maine did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Maine, 2005:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2005 |
Subsidy Total 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 502 | $11,670,307 |
| 2 | Loan Deficiency | 325 | $1,806,771 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 689 | $1,201,858 |
| 4 | Counter Cyclical Program | 876 | $1,065,516 |
| 5 | Direct Payment Program | 1,001 | $881,407 |
| 6 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 31 | $39,132 |
| 7 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 1 | $27,911 |
| 8 | Emergency Conservation Program | 9 | $25,318 |
| 9 | Tree Assistance Program | 7 | $21,635 |
| 10 | Lamb Meat Adjustment Program | 80 | $15,966 |
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