Total Disaster Programs in Pennsylvania, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 17,966
Recipients of Total Disaster Programs from farms in Pennsylvania totaled $186,600,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Disaster Programs 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swjj Incorporated Dba Sernak Farm | Weatherly, PA 18255 | $1,451,410 |
| 2 | David E And David R Hackenberg, Hackenberg Apiarie | Lewisburg, PA 17837 | $1,365,116 |
| 3 | Young Apiaries Inc | Cogan Station, PA 17728 | $1,142,883 |
| 4 | Sernak Farms Inc | Weatherly, PA 18255 | $1,044,101 |
| 5 | Brian Campbell Farms | Berwick, PA 18603 | $1,000,000 |
| 6 | Lerew Brothers | York Springs, PA 17372 | $815,970 |
| 7 | Huff's Honey Farm LLC | Trout Run, PA 17771 | $656,906 |
| 8 | R & L Orchard Co | Gardners, PA 17324 | $621,458 |
| 9 | M & L Farms | Hegins, PA 17938 | $559,601 |
| 10 | Aqua Life Inc | Richland, PA 17087 | $559,143 |
| 11 | Altemus Farms | Penn Run, PA 15765 | $533,388 |
| 12 | Bear Mountain Orchards Inc | Aspers, PA 17304 | $518,888 |
| 13 | Kenneth Stehr & Sons | Pitman, PA 17964 | $513,034 |
| 14 | Michael A Fink | Germansville, PA 18053 | $488,549 |
| 15 | Alan C Kemmerer | Berwick, PA 18603 | $483,570 |
| 16 | Bonnie Brae Fruit Farms Inc | Gardners, PA 17324 | $457,171 |
| 17 | David J Jackson | Danville, PA 17821 | $450,066 |
| 18 | Hills Of Home Farms | Home, PA 15747 | $440,705 |
| 19 | Kessler's Orchard | Berwick, PA 18603 | $439,301 |
| 20 | Wehry Bros Hog & Grain Farms | Dornsife, PA 17823 | $425,741 |
* 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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