Dairy Programs in Hardee County, Florida, 1995-2023
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 14 of 14
Recipients of Dairy Programs from farms in Hardee County, Florida totaled $2,923,000 in from 1995-2023.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Dairy Programs 1995-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C R Melear Corporation | Avon Park, FL 33826 | $493,816 |
| 2 | V & W Farms Inc Of Delray Beach | Avon Park, FL 33826 | $462,687 |
| 3 | T K Dairies Inc | Avon Park, FL 33826 | $443,325 |
| 4 | Lake Branch Dairy Inc | Wauchula, FL 33873 | $390,726 |
| 5 | Nickerson Cattle Company LLC | Zolfo Springs, FL 33890 | $318,811 |
| 6 | Nickerson Brothers LLC | Zolfo Springs, FL 33890 | $221,856 |
| 7 | Crewsville Dairy Inc | Okeechobee, FL 34974 | $200,624 |
| 8 | Nickerson Bar III LLC | Zolfo Springs, FL 33890 | $192,275 |
| 9 | Brighton Dairies Inc | Okeechobee, FL 34973 | $92,310 |
| 10 | Norm Nickerson & Sons Inc | Zolfo Springs, FL 33890 | $86,550 |
| 11 | Farm Services Agency ** | Langdon, ND 58249 | $7,500 |
| 12 | Knight's Dairy Inc. | Wauchula, FL 33873 | $6,754 |
| 13 | Bishop Farms Inc | Sebring, FL 33870 | $2,863 |
| 14 | Jerald F Proctor | Zolfo Springs, FL 33890 | $2,416 |
* 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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