Farm Subsidy information
Penobscot County, Maine
Penobscot County, Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, Penobscot County, Maine, 2017
Penobscot County, 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 Penobscot County, Maine, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 50 | $413,283 |
| 2 | Emergency Conservation Program | 6 | $59,343 |
| 3 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 2 | $2,182 |
| 4 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 2 | $1,103 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 3 | $838 |
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