Emergency Conservation Program in Santa Cruz County, California, 2023

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 7 of 7

Recipients of Emergency Conservation Program from farms in Santa Cruz County, California totaled $257,000 in in 2023.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Emergency Conservation Program
2023
1Steven J WebbDavenport, CA 95017$112,511
2R Montanez Farms LLCWatsonville, CA 95077$88,558
3, $35,451
4Christiana LaughlinSanta Cruz, CA 95062$7,735
5The Kosek Family 1999 Trust 12/21/99Mount Vernon, IA 52314$5,209
6, $4,160
7Miguel Angel Melgoza-rocha Dba Miguel Angel FarmsWatsonville, CA 95076$3,847

* 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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