Farm Subsidy information
Essex County, Massachusetts
Essex County, Massachusetts Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2023
Total Subsidies, Essex County, Massachusetts, 2023
Essex County, Massachusetts Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Massachusetts ranking: 46 of 50 States
- 93 percent of farms in Massachusetts did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Essex County, Massachusetts, 2023:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2023 |
Subsidy Total 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dairy Programs | 3 | $246,251 |
| 2 | Emergency Conservation Program | 5 | $151,297 |
| 3 | Total Emergency Relief Program | 1 | $125,000 |
| 4 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 5 | $86,839 |
| 5 | Total Pandemic Assistance Program (PARP) | 1 | $7,958 |
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