Farm Subsidy information
Somerset County, Maine
Somerset County, Maine Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2022
Total Subsidies, Somerset County, Maine, 2022
Somerset 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 Somerset County, Maine, 2022:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2022 |
Subsidy Total 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 26 | $120,249 |
| 2 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 1 | $23,741 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous Farm Programs | 51 | $21,773 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 28 | $14,337 |
| 5 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 32 | $12,895 |
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