Emergency Conservation Program in Hernando County, Florida, 2019

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 11 of 11

Recipients of Emergency Conservation Program from farms in Hernando County, Florida totaled $242,000 in in 2019.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Emergency Conservation Program
2019
1S & S Cattle, LLCGroveland, FL 34736$123,192
2Farm Services Agency **Washington, DC 20250$30,611
3David J WardBrooksville, FL 34601$26,378
4Bobby Whigham JrWebster, FL 33597$17,874
5Finest Farms LLCBrooksville, FL 34604$17,463
6Daniel B Merritt SrBrooksville, FL 34605$11,102
7William R SellersBrooksville, FL 34601$3,973
8Michael LeoneBrooksville, FL 34601$3,600
9Sheila A GonzalezBrooksville, FL 34604$3,290
10David Brian BaileyHomosassa, FL 34446$2,216
11Samuel T HaysDade City, FL 33525$2,061

* 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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