Farm Subsidy information
Penobscot County, Maine
Penobscot County, Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2019
Total Subsidies, Penobscot County, Maine, 2019
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, 2019:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2019 |
Subsidy Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 21 | $376,184 |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 31 | $341,317 |
| 3 | Margin Protection Program | 21 | $8,395 |
| 4 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 7 | $5,137 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 2 | $823 |
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