Non-insured Disaster Assistance in California, 1995-2023

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 6,331

Recipients of Non-insured Disaster Assistance from farms in California totaled $226,439,000 in from 1995-2023.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Non-insured Disaster Assistance
1995-2023
1Centennial LivestockFresno, CA 93711$1,407,844
2Echeverria Cattle CompanyBakersfield, CA 93308$1,268,849
3Cantua Creek Cattle CoHanford, CA 93232$1,196,965
4Richard & Susen Hewitson JvAvenal, CA 93204$1,151,035
5Twisselman Grain And CattleShandon, CA 93461$1,060,744
6Roy & Dana RichardsMerced, CA 95340$849,400
7Duane F Martin JrElk Grove, CA 95757$804,171
8Duane Martin LivestockIone, CA 95640$750,985
9John E FordWillits, CA 95490$741,868
10Ron AndersonEagle Point, OR 97524$721,128
11Fields LivestockCastro Valley, CA 94552$700,756
12Lazy Jt Land And Cattle LpPaso Robles, CA 93446$698,116
13Eureka Livestock LLCBakersfield, CA 93314$681,239
14Mark ElworthyWillows, CA 95988$672,675
15I & M Sheep CoBakersfield, CA 93388$634,633
16Hewitson Farms PtsAvenal, CA 93204$632,576
17Rajkovich BrothersHollister, CA 95024$623,326
18David FergusonCottonwood, CA 96022$577,043
19Romero Cattle Co LLCSan Jose, CA 95109$563,805
20Kathy L FergusonCottonwood, CA 96022$556,042

* USDA data are not "transparent" for many payments made to recipients through most cooperatives. Recipients of payments made through most cooperatives, and the amounts, have not been made public. To see ownership information, click on the name, then click on the link that is titled Ownership Information.

** EWG has identified this recipient as a bank or lending institution that received the payment because the payment applicant had a loan requiring any subsidy payments go to the lender first. In 2019, the information provided to EWG by USDA began to include the entity that received the payment, rather than the person or entity that applied for it, which was previously provided. This move to shield subsidy recipients from disclosure enables USDA to further evade taxpayer accountability. Six percent of subsidy dollars went to banks, lending institutions, or the Farm Service Agency.”

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