Farm Subsidy information
Androscoggin County, Maine
Androscoggin County, Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2019
Total Subsidies, Androscoggin County, Maine, 2019
Androscoggin County, 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 Androscoggin County, Maine, 2019:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2019 |
Subsidy Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 16 | $158,288 |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 29 | $120,371 |
| 3 | Margin Protection Program | 15 | $30,368 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 1 | $1,039 |
| 5 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 1 | $62 |
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