Farm subsidies in Aroostook County, Maine
The Farm Service Agency paid 121 recipients $9.3 million through its Aroostook office in 2025, across 519 payments — 50.4% of what it paid in Maine.
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Aroostook County in 2025
- $9.3 million
- Paid out
- $9,275,063
- 1 of 16 counties in Maine by what the office paid.
- 121
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 519
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $139
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 66,609 residents. Farm payments go to farms, not to residents — this is a way to compare counties, not a payment anyone received.
FSA calls this office Aroostook and numbers it 3 within state 23, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Aroostook County is 23003.
What Maine was paid for
The state’s programs, largest first. The published file records a program against a payment rather than against a county office, so these are Maine’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $18,080,948 | 596 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $2,881,843 | 195 |
| EFRP Cost Share Stafford DISTR-Obligation Framework | $1,173,535 | 48 |
| ECPCOF | $637,258 | 39 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $120,443 | 60 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $115,854 | 73 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $99,678 | 45 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $63,736 | 3 |
The largest counties in Maine
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Aroostook County | $9,275,063 | 121 |
| York County | $1,477,630 | 71 |
| Penobscot County | $1,352,352 | 49 |
| Somerset County | $937,057 | 56 |
| Oxford County | $881,404 | 45 |
| Washington County | $767,699 | 61 |
| Kennebec County | $560,754 | 41 |
| Franklin County | $536,705 | 57 |
| Cumberland County | $449,854 | 50 |
| Androscoggin County | $387,301 | 34 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Maine · Federal awards recorded in Aroostook County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work
Data retrieved