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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X I I J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 2 2 26 T H E L I S T C O M P I L E D B Y H E I D E M A R T I N C O M P I L E D B Y H E I D E M A R T I N N O T E S : Data for 2020 include payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020, and do not include crop insurance premium subsidies. From 1995-2020, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $98.7 million; in 2020, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $8.5 million. S O U R C E : Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database Purchase this list and more as an Excel document at mainebiz.biz/DataCenter @ Maine's largest USDA farm commodity subsidies Ranked by total commodity subsidy dollars, 2020 Maine's largest USDA farm commodity subsidies Ranked by total commodity subsidy dollars, 2020 Total commodity subsidies 2020 Total commodity subsidies 1995-2020 Commodities historically subsidized USDA county office(s) from which subsidies paid 1 Flood Brothers LLC Clinton $ 543,162 $ 1,947,687 Barley, corn, dairy, livestock, oat and soybean Kennebec, Penobscot and Somerset 2 Stonyvale Inc. Exeter $ 444,213 $ 1,404,024 Barley, corn, dairy, livestock, oat and wheat Penobscot and Piscataquis 3 Wright Place LLC Clinton $ 355,203 $ 1,245,386 Corn, dairy and livestock Kennebec, Somerset and Waldo 4 Rogers Farm LLC Atkinson $ 271,842 $ 444,254 Corn, dairy, livestock and oat Penobscot and Piscataquis 5 Piper Farm LLC Embden $ 254,737 $ 558,086 Corn, dairy, livestock and oat DND 6 Taylor Dairy Farm Corp. St. Albans $ 251,569 $ 1,060,850 Barley, corn, dairy, livestock, oat and soybean Penobscot and Somerset 7 Brigeen Farms Inc. Turner $ 240,822 $ 612,551 Corn, dairy, livestock and soybean DND 8 Misty Meadows Farm LLC Clinton $ 216,574 $ 396,966 Corn, dairy and livestock Kennebec and Somerset 9 Veazland Farms Corinna $ 215,493 $ 1,013,187 Corn, dairy, livestock, oat and soybean Penobscot and Piscataquis 10 Bonnie Lea Dairy Farm LLC Hermon $ 203,417 $ 547,055 Barley, corn, dairy, livestock, oat and soybean DND SOURCE: Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database NOTES: Data for 2020 include payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and do not include crop insurance premium subsidies. From 1995-2020, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $98.7 million; in 2020, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $8.5 million. - This list was compiled by Heide Martin and previously published in the June 14, 2021 issue of MaineBiz. MAINEBIZ.BIZ/PODCASTS LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Changed Everything The Day that I N S P I R I N G S T O R I E S O F R E C OV E RY A N D I N N OVAT I O N podcasts The way we do business can change in a moment. This podcast series features conversations with Maine business owners who found their life, their business, or their world suddenly upended in one day. S PONS OR ED BY E P I S O D E 4 8 Chase Morrill & Ryan Eldridge MAINE CABIN MASTERS' TV PERSONALITIES E P I S O D E 4 9 Ryan Fecteau MAINE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEAKER E P I S O D E 5 0 Paul Bradbury PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL JETPORT AWARD -W INNING P ODC A S T 3rd Place, Best Podcast Recognized by the New England Better Newspaper Competition