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V O L . X X X I I N O. X I I J U N E 1 , 2 0 2 6 22 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 S PONS OR ED BY SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS BY AUGUST 3RD AT MAINEBIZ .BIZ/NOMINATIONS Nominate an outstanding young Maine leader today! Mainebiz seeks to honor the young professional and rising stars of Maine's business community for our 40 Under 40 Awards. 1 Latest data set available at press time N O T E : Data for 2024 include payments made by USDA through June 30, 2024, excluding crop insurance premium subsidies. Data presented in this list do not include conservation subsidies nor disaster subsidies. Also, not included are subsidies paid to Langdon, N.D.-based Farm Services Agency in cases where an applicant had a loan which specified any subsidy payments go to the lender first. From 1995-2024, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $261.4 million. In 2024, 179 Maine recipients received farming subsidies totaling $916,000. S O U R C E : Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database. Access this list and more at mainebiz.biz/data @ Maine's largest USDA farm commodity subsidies Ranked by total commodity subsidy dollars, 2024 1 Maine's largest USDA farm commodity subsidies Ranked by total commodity subsidy dollars, 2024 1 Total commodity subsidies 2024 Total commodity subsidies 1995-2024 Commodities historically subsidized USDA county offices from which subsidies paid 1 Maple Shade Farm Inc. Albion $ 71,296 $ 366,175 Dairy Kennebec and Waldo 2 Rainbow Valley Farm LLC Sidney $ 69,364 $ 457,210 Barley, corn and dairy Kennebec 3 Marc Bailey Farmington $ 31,718 $ 201,117 Corn, dairy and oats Franklin 4 Gregg W. Varney Turner $ 25,404 $ 338,419 Corn, dairy Androscoggin 5 Osbro Dairy Farmington $ 24,033 $ 143,038 Dairy Franklin 6 Sheepscot Valley Farm Inc. Whitefield $ 23,583 $ 160,796 Cattle and dairy Lincoln 7 Triple D Acres Inc. New Sharon $ 20,728 $ 172,958 Corn, dairy and oats Franklin 8 Castonguay Ayrshires LLC Livermore $ 20,165 $ 166,597 Corn and dairy Androscoggin 9 Silver Valley Farm Inc. New Sharon $ 18,020 $ 59,774 Dairy Franklin 10 Haskell Farm LLC China $ 16,781 $ 185,794 Corn and dairy Waldo 11 Bradley R. Santy II Skowhegan $ 16,285 $ 126,945 Cattle, corn, dairy and soybeans Grafton and Somerset 12 Henry J. Hardy Farmington $ 16,191 $ 139,646 Cattle, dairy and wool Franklin 13 Bo' Lait Farm LLC Washington $ 15,913 $ 108,463 Dairy Knox 14 Glendon L. Mehuren II Searsmont $ 15,227 $ 115,545 Cattle, corn and dairy Waldo 15 Thomas M. Bailey Jay $ 13,449 $ 60,047 Cattle and dairy Franklin SOURCE: Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database. NOTE: Data for 2024 include payments made by USDA through June 30, 2024, excluding crop insurance premium subsidies. Data presented in this list do not include conservation subsidies nor disaster subsidies. Also, not included are subsidies paid to Langdon, N.D.-based Farm Services Agency in cases where an applicant had a loan which specified any subsidy payments go to the lender first. From 1995-2024, farming subsidies in Maine totaled $261.4 million. In 2024, 179 Maine recipients received farming subsidies totaling $916,000. 1 Latest data set available at press time - This list was compiled by Heide Martin and published in the June 1, 2026, issue of Mainebiz.