Market Facilitation Program (MFP) in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, 2020
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 531
Recipients of Market Facilitation Program (MFP) from farms in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa totaled $4,563,000 in in 2020.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Market Facilitation Program (MFP) 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Karl Benjegerdes | Mason City, IA 50401 | $28,870 |
| 22 | S & E Leasing Inc | Rockford, IA 50468 | $28,452 |
| 23 | Thomas R Brakke | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $28,410 |
| 24 | Rhonda J Brakke | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $28,410 |
| 25 | Lage Land & Livestock Co | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $27,963 |
| 26 | Chrishel Inc | Dougherty, IA 50433 | $27,911 |
| 27 | Shelle Staudt | Dougherty, IA 50433 | $27,911 |
| 28 | Mark F Johnson | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $27,716 |
| 29 | Mark R Brown | Mason City, IA 50401 | $27,660 |
| 30 | Adam Richard Pope | Mason City, IA 50401 | $27,651 |
| 31 | Bradley Watson | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $27,560 |
| 32 | E85 Farms LLC | Polk City, IA 50226 | $27,038 |
| 33 | Marcus Spotts | Nora Springs, IA 50458 | $25,862 |
| 34 | Charles R Whitt Revocable Trust | Mason City, IA 50401 | $25,244 |
| 35 | Sandra K Whitt Revocable Trust | Mason City, IA 50401 | $25,244 |
| 36 | Christopherson Farms Inc | Rockford, IA 50468 | $24,540 |
| 37 | Dixon Ag Inc | Mason City, IA 50401 | $24,516 |
| 38 | Klak Farms Inc | Rockford, IA 50468 | $22,744 |
| 39 | Edward J Caspers | Swaledale, IA 50477 | $22,506 |
| 40 | Terry J Hansen | Mason City, IA 50401 | $22,417 |
* 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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