USDA subsidies for farms in 2nd District of Maine (Rep. Michael H.Michaud) totaled $109,264,000 from 1995 through 2009.
| Subsidy Category | Type | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 | TOTAL 1995-2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total USDA - Subsidies | Payments | $7,596,829 $2,949,517 $2,429,302 $4,614,983 $8,060,115 $10,401,754 |
$5,396,586 $9,882,463 $8,432,076 $6,724,847 $11,652,564 $4,469,546 |
$1,734,113 $2,933,076 $11,269,817 $3,956,215 $1,998,728 $4,761,059 |
$109,263,590 |
| Recipients | 1,391 1,469 1,200 1,284 1,392 1,426 | 1,187 1,521 1,334 1,225 1,171 993 | 914 815 896 759 1,273 1,018 | 4,527 | |
| Subtotal, Farming Subsidies | Payments | $826,741 $910,842 $1,060,220 $2,196,418 $4,105,461 $7,504,676 |
$2,896,611 $5,914,938 $4,960,225 $3,337,645 $3,369,406 $3,679,991 |
$986,955 $732,810 $6,025,420 $1,006,808 $1,457,652 $3,818,271 |
$54,791,089 |
| Recipients | 530 897 833 731 928 1,013 | 853 969 978 951 903 806 | 699 548 578 548 1,081 891 | 2,932 | |
| Total Direct Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $18,644 $1,049,793 $900,319 $743,169 $739,944 |
$703,197 $732,023 $634,062 $633,353 $633,169 $615,314 |
$7,402,987 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 34 738 708 662 620 | 584 534 458 428 417 367 | 1,088 | |
| Total Counter Cyclical Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $17,463 $98,801 $939,341 $893,898 |
$2,083 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$1,951,586 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 43 133 643 590 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 697 | |
| Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $5,738 $49,989 $11,029 $14,892 |
$81,648 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 4 4 5 5 | 6 | |
| Production Flexibility Contracts | Payments | $0 $725,791 $791,084 $664,715 $627,691 $645,660 |
$495,996 $454,915 $-65,176 $-10,849 $-72 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,329,755 |
| Recipients | 0 676 719 705 666 707 | 706 698 191 27 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 995 | |
| Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $353,470 $680,167 $673,878 |
$575,824 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,283,339 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 700 703 718 | 729 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 867 | |
| Market Loss Assistance - Non-commodity | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $926,971 $3,533,612 |
$99,122 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$4,559,705 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 403 432 | 64 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 477 | |
| Oilseed Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $3,736 |
$14,165 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$17,901 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 23 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 32 | |
| Deficiency Payments | Payments | $486,260 $-61,809 $-61,237 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$363,213 |
| Recipients | 245 115 42 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 246 | |
| Loan Deficiency Payments | Payments | $0 $229 $0 $1,164,945 $1,852,042 $2,614,644 |
$1,322,205 $256,062 $11,095 $1,339,196 $1,671,736 $92,476 |
$22,346 $746 $47,320 $9,010 $134 $0 |
$10,404,185 |
| Recipients | 0 1 0 264 320 364 | 290 179 72 268 257 51 | 28 13 43 15 3 0 | 638 | |
| Total Ldp-like Grazing Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $15 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$15 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Marketing Loan Gains | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,806 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $3,408 $2,140 $1,870 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$14,224 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 0 0 0 4 2 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 | |
| Total Dairy Program | Payments | $314,036 $234,150 $46,388 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $4,126,362 $3,626,146 $859,672 $4,564 $1,951,764 |
$259,238 $0 $5,321,635 $314,381 $29 $2,297,217 |
$19,355,584 |
| Recipients | 188 197 166 0 0 0 | 0 361 344 334 284 301 | 273 0 257 263 1 221 | 693 | |
| Wool And Mohair Programs | Payments | $25,195 $12,460 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$37,654 |
| Recipients | 123 106 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 141 | |
| Total Lamb Payments | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $32,453 |
$927 $7,776 $5,598 $576 $8,280 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$55,610 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 50 | 3 35 37 4 52 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 109 | |
| Total Livestock Indemnity Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $12,951 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $16,651 $0 $0 $0 |
$29,602 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 16 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 19 | |
| Misc. Farm - Subsidies | Payments | $1,251 $21 $283,986 $337 $11,784 $693 |
$388,371 $1,051,178 $315,306 $119 $247 $38 |
$91 $41 $15 $75 $0 $0 |
$2,053,554 |
| Recipients | 13 5 74 4 31 49 | 79 102 48 7 20 7 | 2 3 1 2 0 0 | 317 | |
| Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $146,388 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $813,291 $890,847 |
$1,850,527 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 58 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 660 439 | 832 | |
| Subtotal, Conservation Programs | Payments | $1,951,555 $1,980,490 $1,336,820 $2,335,108 $1,699,260 $1,436,209 |
$1,495,914 $2,306,125 $2,110,250 $2,828,619 $489,240 $669,493 |
$649,894 $464,569 $4,840,882 $2,763,259 $398,278 $860,025 |
$30,615,991 |
| Recipients | 850 789 533 796 507 486 | 461 527 441 474 305 327 | 312 285 504 311 239 160 | 2,330 | |
| Conservation Reserve Program | Payments | $708,387 $629,546 $560,703 $435,347 $409,416 $451,446 |
$684,494 $756,552 $450,664 $445,114 $428,278 $444,135 |
$503,216 $443,891 $658,816 $440,794 $360,820 $283,086 |
$9,094,706 |
| Recipients | 286 283 270 224 211 235 | 263 264 273 274 275 285 | 286 260 255 241 214 138 | 569 | |
| Env. Quality Incentive Program | Payments | $0 $407,954 $331,656 $1,045,262 $1,016,754 $884,069 |
$762,256 $964,317 $1,487,488 $2,245,442 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $3,778,561 $2,275,892 $0 $0 |
$15,199,650 |
| Recipients | 0 35 70 217 231 228 | 197 174 159 198 0 0 | 0 0 222 52 0 0 | 843 | |
| Total Conservation Security Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $293,622 $0 $0 $0 |
$293,622 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 45 0 0 0 | 45 | |
| Agricultural Conservation Program | Payments | $1,217,609 $824,496 $443,860 $190,247 $93,836 $86,954 |
$38,271 $44,414 $-13,687 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$2,926,000 |
| Recipients | 583 472 207 78 35 34 | 13 11 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1,008 | |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $27,900 $0 $0 $0 |
$27,900 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 19 0 0 0 | 19 | |
| Emergency Conservation | Payments | $4,612 $118,494 $601 $664,252 $179,254 $13,740 |
$0 $276,470 $32,998 $19,510 $25,318 $160,658 |
$89,745 $0 $11,219 $0 $13,731 $574,295 |
$2,184,897 |
| Recipients | 4 47 3 358 55 5 | 0 103 15 13 9 34 | 4 0 2 0 2 22 | 565 | |
| Grasslands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $18,996 $29,355 $46,477 |
$51,117 $20,678 $16,813 $22,071 $23,727 $2,645 |
$231,879 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 13 23 27 | 27 26 27 28 25 8 | 35 | |
| Misc. Conservation Payments | Payments | $20,947 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$10,893 $240,972 $152,787 $99,557 $6,289 $18,223 |
$5,815 $0 $53,952 $24,503 $0 $0 |
$633,938 |
| Recipients | 9 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 18 14 12 5 4 | 2 0 3 3 0 0 | 49 | |
| Wetlands Reserve Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $23,400 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$23,400 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Subtotal, Disaster Payments | Payments | $4,818,534 $58,186 $32,262 $83,457 $2,255,395 $1,460,869 |
$1,004,061 $1,661,400 $1,361,601 $558,583 $7,793,918 $120,062 |
$97,264 $1,735,697 $403,514 $186,148 $142,488 $82,763 |
$23,856,201 |
| Recipients | 190 18 16 48 229 290 | 87 690 256 78 347 13 | 22 131 43 14 21 20 | 1,486 | |
| Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $131,370 $138,798 $51,791 |
$321,959 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 6 18 14 | 29 | |
| Misc. Disaster Payments | Payments | $4,811,340 $58,186 $32,262 $83,457 $2,252,683 $1,418,607 |
$1,004,061 $378,629 $1,276,092 $558,565 $7,775,916 $19,816 |
$97,264 $1,735,291 $403,514 $54,778 $3,690 $28,607 |
$21,992,757 |
| Recipients | 187 18 16 48 228 182 | 87 32 115 77 342 7 | 22 131 43 8 3 5 | 856 | |
| Livestock Disaster / Emergency | Payments | $7,194 $0 $0 $0 $0 $42,262 |
$0 $0 $1,857 $18 $0 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 |
$51,331 |
| Recipients | 3 0 0 0 0 144 | 0 0 10 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 156 | |
| Tree Assistance - Total | Payments | $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,712 $0 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $18,002 $100,246 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,365 |
$123,325 |
| Recipients | 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 5 6 | 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 11 |
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 or 2012 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
