Farm Subsidy information
Union County, South Dakota
Total Subsidies in Union County, South Dakota, 2020
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 808
Recipients of Total Subsidies from farms in Union County, South Dakota totaled $30,819,000 in in 2020.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Subsidies 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lafleur Brothers Company Inc | Jefferson, SD 57038 | $753,186 |
| 2 | Van Ballegooyen Brothers Inc | Hawarden, IA 51023 | $575,477 |
| 3 | Joshua Edward Winquist | Alcester, SD 57001 | $269,767 |
| 4 | David Bruce Ericson | Jefferson, SD 57038 | $264,111 |
| 5 | Eric Don Lockhorst | Hawarden, IA 51023 | $263,682 |
| 6 | Mark Rus | Alcester, SD 57001 | $241,198 |
| 7 | Patrick Vincent Walsh | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $239,164 |
| 8 | Union Valley Inc | Hawarden, IA 51023 | $234,824 |
| 9 | Henry Vansloten | Hawarden, IA 51023 | $233,763 |
| 10 | Scott Joseph Hanson | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $229,870 |
| 11 | Mockler Farms LLC | Burbank, SD 57010 | $219,805 |
| 12 | Robert John Geary | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $217,994 |
| 13 | Heeren Farms Partnership | Akron, IA 51001 | $215,444 |
| 14 | David Michael Staum | Elk Point, SD 57025 | $207,873 |
| 15 | Steven Harold Andrews | Beresford, SD 57004 | $204,270 |
| 16 | Todd David Larsen | Beresford, SD 57004 | $203,224 |
| 17 | Douglas Dale Christensen | Beresford, SD 57004 | $202,318 |
| 18 | Dwight Merl Fickbohm | Akron, IA 51001 | $200,275 |
| 19 | Dale Marlow Christensen | Beresford, SD 57004 | $198,763 |
| 20 | Michael Herbert Scott | Alcester, SD 57001 | $198,367 |
* 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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