Farm Subsidy information
Maine
Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Maine, 2008
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, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 152 | $1,877,470 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 659 | $1,252,247 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 808 | $866,246 |
| 4 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 24 | $97,839 |
| 5 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 41 | $63,183 |
| 6 | Emergency Conservation Program | 6 | $20,131 |
| 7 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 32 | $20,016 |
| 8 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 3 | $4,936 |
| 9 | Loan Deficiency | 22 | $1,447 |
| 10 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 3 | $406 |
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