Tree Assistance Program in Saint Lucie County, Florida, 1995-2023
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 45
Recipients of Tree Assistance Program from farms in Saint Lucie County, Florida totaled $2,392,000 in from 1995-2023.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Tree Assistance Program 1995-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Buck Hammock Groves Inc | Fort Pierce, FL 34951 | $22,728 |
| 22 | Randy Weaver | Vero Beach, FL 32968 | $22,303 |
| 23 | Little Fisch Farms LLC | Melbourne, FL 32935 | $21,688 |
| 24 | Peter D Spyke | Fort Pierce, FL 34945 | $21,674 |
| 25 | Citcran Corporation | Vero Beach, FL 32963 | $19,367 |
| 26 | Rainbow Groves Inc | Fort Pierce, FL 34948 | $17,969 |
| 27 | Elson R Smith III D/b/a Smith Cit | Vero Beach, FL 32961 | $16,706 |
| 28 | Peter Fischel | Ocean Springs, MS 39566 | $16,553 |
| 29 | Vero Producers Inc | Vero Beach, FL 32968 | $16,500 |
| 30 | Gator Ecp LLC | Fort Pierce, FL 34946 | $16,498 |
| 31 | John M Brighton | Fort Pierce, FL 34951 | $15,716 |
| 32 | Angelo Lopez | Fort Pierce, FL 34945 | $15,696 |
| 33 | Schirard Family LLC | Fort Pierce, FL 34954 | $12,952 |
| 34 | Margaret 'peggy' Monahan | Fort Pierce, FL 34945 | $11,826 |
| 35 | Hickory Branch Property Inc | Fort Pierce, FL 34945 | $11,189 |
| 36 | Bowden Family Holdings Ltd | Vero Beach, FL 32963 | $10,431 |
| 37 | David Calvert | Fort Pierce, FL 34982 | $9,694 |
| 38 | John C Olson | Windermere, FL 34786 | $8,681 |
| 39 | Three Putt LLC | Vero Beach, FL 32967 | $8,436 |
| 40 | Ford Grove Of St. Lucie LLC | Fort Pierce, FL 34951 | $8,140 |
* 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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