Commodity Certificates in California, 1995-2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 4,608

Recipients of Commodity Certificates from farms in California totaled $979,852,000 in from 1995-2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Commodity Certificates
1995-2021
1Farmers Rice CoopSacramento, CA 95851$72,400,023
2J G Boswell CoCorcoran, CA 93212$10,231,178
3Wolfsen Land & Cattle CoLos Banos, CA 93635$7,704,680
4Bowles Farming Company IncLos Banos, CA 93635$7,474,398
5King Ranch IncKingsville, TX 78364$6,776,235
6C J Ritchie FarmsVisalia, CA 93291$5,819,386
7WestfarmersVisalia, CA 93291$4,304,599
8Hansen RanchesCorcoran, CA 93212$4,144,736
9S J R FarmingLos Banos, CA 93635$3,825,060
10H Four Farms IIIBuckeye, AZ 85326$3,354,696
11Brooks FarmsGoodyear, AZ 85338$3,313,248
12Gila River FarmsSacaton, AZ 85147$3,218,780
13Falfa Farms 95Eloy, AZ 85131$3,153,498
14Lkh Farming An Arizona GpEhrenberg, AZ 85334$2,997,379
15Lewis Maiorino Ranches IncDos Palos, CA 93620$2,983,227
16Sumner Peck Ranch IncMadera, CA 93638$2,964,619
17Red River FarmsBlythe, CA 92225$2,846,540
18Ak-chin FarmsMaricopa, AZ 85138$2,840,258
19Associated Farming 92Mesa, AZ 85213$2,832,768
20Colorado River Indian Tribes FarmParker, AZ 85344$2,787,439

* 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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