Farm Subsidy information
Somerset County, Maine
Somerset County, Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2018
Total Subsidies, Somerset County, Maine, 2018
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, 2018:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2018 |
Subsidy Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margin Protection Program | 29 | $420,831 |
| 2 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 65 | $302,197 |
| 3 | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) | 30 | $143,612 |
| 4 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 1 | $2,306 |
| 5 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 8 | $2,215 |
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