USDA subsidy information for Donnie Merritt Farms
Donnie Merritt Farms received payments totaling $915,796 from 1995 through 2020'‡';
| Year |
Conservation Subsidies |
Disaster Subsidies |
Commodity Subsidies |
Total USDA Subsidies
1995-2020‡ |
|---|
| 1995 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 1996 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 1997 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 1998 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 1999 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2000 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2001 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2002 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2003 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2004 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2005 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2006 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2007 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2008 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2009 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2010 |
$0 |
$0 |
$45,542 |
$45,542 |
| 2011 |
$0 |
$0 |
$29,574 |
$29,574 |
| 2012 |
$0 |
$0 |
$50,588 |
$50,588 |
| 2013 |
$0 |
$100,000 |
$36,561 |
$136,561 |
| 2014 |
$0 |
$0 |
$43,898 |
$43,898 |
| 2015 |
$0 |
$0 |
$133,572 |
$133,572 |
| 2016 |
$0 |
$0 |
$161,073 |
$161,073 |
| 2017 |
$0 |
$0 |
$14,360 |
$14,360 |
| 2018 |
$0 |
$0 |
$87,814 |
$87,814 |
| 2019‡ |
$0 |
$0 |
$172,103 |
$172,103 |
| 2020 |
$0 |
$0 |
$40,710 |
$40,710 |
| Total |
$0 |
$100,000 |
$815,796 |
$915,796 |
Crop Summary for Donnie Merritt Farms
| Crop |
Payments 1995-2020‡ |
|---|
| Cotton Subsidies | $343,197 |
| Peanut Subsidies | $142,773 |
| Sorghum Subsidies | $50,697 |
| Corn Subsidies | $42,668 |
| Price Loss Coverage Payments | $24,478 |
| Sunflower Subsidies | $15,786 |
| Wheat Subsidies | $7,112 |
| Soybean Subsidies | $750 |
Counties where payments were made from
| County |
Subsidy Payments 1995-2020‡ |
|---|
| Cochran County, Texas |
Farm Owner |
| Telmark LSA |
Farm Owner |
| Total |
$915,796 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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