Farm Subsidy information
Union County, South Dakota
Total Subsidies in Union County, South Dakota, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 2,427
Recipients of Total Subsidies from farms in Union County, South Dakota totaled $351,507,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Subsidies 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Davis & Davis | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,243,518 |
| 22 | John Steven Donnelly | Vermillion, SD 57069 | $1,239,648 |
| 23 | Van Ballegooyen Brothers Inc | Hawarden, IA 51023 | $1,233,316 |
| 24 | Thomas William Curry | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,217,224 |
| 25 | Kelly Joseph O'connor | Meckling, SD 57069 | $1,209,579 |
| 26 | Todd David Larsen | Beresford, SD 57004 | $1,203,448 |
| 27 | Dene Arthur Doty | Alcester, SD 57001 | $1,182,703 |
| 28 | Reid Allen Bird | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,170,447 |
| 29 | Melvin Thomas Donnelly | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,166,862 |
| 30 | Curry William & David | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,131,244 |
| 31 | Bill B Boyer | Hawarden, IA 51023 | $1,129,648 |
| 32 | John Henry Hartemink | Storm Lake, IA 50588 | $1,116,492 |
| 33 | Craig Wilken | Akron, IA 51001 | $1,108,766 |
| 34 | George Charles Donnelly Sr | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,101,317 |
| 35 | Daniel Joseph Hanson | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,098,157 |
| 36 | Randy James Erickson | Akron, IA 51001 | $1,062,689 |
| 37 | Vaughn Arden Johnson | Alcester, SD 57001 | $1,055,712 |
| 38 | Larry Lee Nilson | Hawarden, IA 51023 | $1,055,651 |
| 39 | Michael James Hanson | Jefferson, SD 57038 | $1,046,176 |
| 40 | Frank Raymond Minor | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $1,031,815 |
* 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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