Farm Subsidy information
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Massachusetts, 1995-2019‡
Massachusetts Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Massachusetts ranking: 45 of 50 States
- 93 percent of farms in Massachusetts did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Massachusetts, 1995-2019‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients |
Subsidy Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disaster Payments | 2,060 | $57,749,316 |
| 2 | Corn Subsidies | 974 | $20,864,183 |
| 3 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 616 | $19,941,319 |
| 4 | Env. Quality Incentive Program | 960 | $17,441,960 |
| 5 | Livestock Subsidies | 926 | $4,862,706 |
| 6 | Apple Subsidies | 128 | $1,908,004 |
| 7 | Wetlands Reserve Program | 9 | $1,141,854 |
| 8 | Tree Subsidies | 53 | $248,647 |
| 9 | Conservation Reserve Program | 21 | $135,021 |
| 10 | Wool Subsidies | 237 | $105,519 |
‡ 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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