Farm subsidies in Knox County, Maine
The Farm Service Agency paid 26 recipients $158.4 thousand through its Knox office in 2025, across 52 payments — 0.9% of what it paid in Maine.
Knox County in 2025
- $158.4 thousand
- Paid out
- $158,382
- 16 of 16 counties in Maine by what the office paid.
- 26
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 52
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $4
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 41,117 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 Knox and numbers it 13 within state 23, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Knox County is 23013.
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 Knox County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
Data retrieved