Farm Subsidy information
Maine
Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2006
Total Subsidies, Maine, 2006
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, 2006:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2006 |
Subsidy Total 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 382 | $2,373,088 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 711 | $1,225,844 |
| 3 | Counter Cyclical Program | 813 | $1,034,726 |
| 4 | Direct Payment Program | 959 | $867,649 |
| 5 | Emergency Conservation Program | 48 | $219,875 |
| 6 | Tree Assistance Program | 11 | $121,816 |
| 7 | Loan Deficiency | 68 | $100,663 |
| 8 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 45 | $81,482 |
| 9 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 8 | $41,288 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous Conservation Programs | 4 | $18,223 |
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