Farm Subsidy information
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Total Subsidies in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 2,908
Recipients of Total Subsidies from farms in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa totaled $482,526,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Subsidies 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Grant Cunningham | Nora Springs, IA 50458 | $1,404,205 |
| 22 | Karl Benjegerdes | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,384,418 |
| 23 | Terry J Hansen | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,350,610 |
| 24 | Joseph J Nelson | Thornton, IA 50479 | $1,318,574 |
| 25 | John David Nelson | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,314,911 |
| 26 | Farmview Inc | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,308,258 |
| 27 | Elk Farms Inc | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,277,145 |
| 28 | Tommy N Weaver | Dougherty, IA 50433 | $1,273,957 |
| 29 | Donald D Caspers | Rockwell, IA 50469 | $1,270,707 |
| 30 | Steven Wendel | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,205,286 |
| 31 | Robert W Scott | Rockford, IA 50468 | $1,195,122 |
| 32 | Brakke Farms Lc | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,190,878 |
| 33 | Thomas M Bahnsen | Rockford, IA 50468 | $1,174,016 |
| 34 | Michael R Bartlett | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,156,109 |
| 35 | Michael Jay Pope | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,122,415 |
| 36 | Roger E Kadolph | Ventura, IA 50482 | $1,122,176 |
| 37 | Kinney Lindstrom Foundation Inc | Mason City, IA 50402 | $1,118,561 |
| 38 | Debra K Weaver | Dougherty, IA 50433 | $1,111,487 |
| 39 | Klak Farms Inc | Rockford, IA 50468 | $1,079,848 |
| 40 | Charles R Whitt Revocable Trust | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,077,144 |
* 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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