Farm Subsidy information
Somerset County, Maine
Somerset County, Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2010
Total Subsidies, Somerset County, Maine, 2010
Somerset 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 Somerset County, Maine, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2010 |
Subsidy Total 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biomass Crop Assistance Program | 16 | $4,932,844 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 94 | $132,524 |
| 3 | Dairy Programs | 52 | $70,414 |
| 4 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 2 | $19,242 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 6 | $5,685 |
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