Farm Subsidy information
Maryland
Maryland Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Maryland, 1995-2019‡
Maryland Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Maryland ranking: 36 of 50 States
- 71 percent of farms in Maryland did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Maryland, 1995-2019‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 8,535 | $519,997,643 |
| 2 | Soybean Subsidies | 6,871 | $279,180,013 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 5,775 | $227,369,635 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 6,685 | $111,016,963 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 4,306 | $69,606,239 |
| 6 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 1,366 | $55,625,984 |
| 7 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 2,364 | $36,273,082 |
| 8 | Barley Subsidies | 4,076 | $16,702,017 |
| 9 | Livestock Subsidies | 2,181 | $5,388,112 |
| 10 | Sorghum Subsidies | 1,549 | $5,262,792 |
‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and April 30, 2019.
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