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V O L . X X I X N O. X I I 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 PRIVATE REAL ESTATE LENDING HARD MONEY LENDING & LOAN ACQUISITIONS PROMPT AND PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE LENDER CALL OR TEXT BEN KELLER TO DISCUSS YOUR FINANCING NEEDS 207-944-6450 bkeller@capservicing.com Ben Keller, Senior Loan Officer N O T E S : Data for 2021 include payments made by USDA through June 30, 2021 and do not include crop insurance premium subsidies. Data presented in this list do not include conservation subsidies nor disaster subsidies. In 2021, several producers received subsidies for the first time through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program or the Seafood Trade Relief Program. From 1995-2021, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $250.8 million; in 2021, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $21.4 million. Farm Services Agency, based in Washington D.C., received $455,279 in farm commodity subsidies in 2021 on behalf of undisclosed farms in Maine. 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, 2021 Maine's largest USDA farm commodity subsidies Ranked by total commodity subsidy dollars, 2021 Total commodity subsidies 2021 Total commodity subsidies 1995-2021 Commodities historically subsidized USDA county office(s) from which subsidies paid 1 Dostie Farm Fairfield $ 992,306 $ 1,567,575 Corn, dairy Somerset 2 Allen's Blueberry Freezer Inc. Orland $ 566,759 $ 566,759 Berries Hancock and Washington 3 Winding Brook Turf Farm Wethersfield $ 562,731 $ 562,731 Not specified; produces turf and fertilizer York 4 B.D. Grass LLC Blaine $ 531,725 $ 999,978 Barley, canola, oats, soybean and wheat Aroostook 5 Gregory H. Wright Boothbay $ 250,000 $ 250,000 Not specified; produces seafood Lincoln 5 Robert C. Mackinnon Camden $ 250,000 $ 250,000 Not specified; produces seafood Knox 7 R.E. Hemond Farm Inc. Minot $ 227,847 $ 826,793 Corn and dairy Androscoggin and Oxford 8 Irving Farms Inc. Caribou $ 218,481 $ 839,215 Not specified; produces potatoes Aroostook 9 O'Hara Corp. Rockland $ 215,188 $ 215,188 Not specified; produces seafood Knox 10 Stonyvale Inc. Exeter $ 135,656 $ 1,938,884 Barley, corn, dairy, livestock, oat and wheat Penobscot and Piscataquis SOURCE: Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database NOTES: Data for 2021 include payments made by USDA through June 30, 2021 and do not include crop insurance premium subsidies. Data presented in this list do not include conservation subsidies nor disaster subsidies. In 2021, several producers received subsidies for the first time through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program or the Seafood Trade Relief Program. From 1995-2021, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $250.8 million; in 2021, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $21.4 million. Farm Services Agency, based in Washington D.C., received $455,279 in farm commodity subsidies in 2021 on behalf of undisclosed farms in Maine. - This list was compiled by Heide Martin and published in the May 29, 2023 issue of MaineBiz. M AY 2 9 , 2 0 2 3