Total Commodity Programs in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 2,175
Recipients of Total Commodity Programs from farms in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa totaled $317,072,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Commodity Programs 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dandyland Farms | Garner, IA 50438 | $4,512,579 |
| 2 | Mc Donough Brothers Partnership | Mason City, IA 50401 | $2,410,822 |
| 3 | Bradley Watson | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,620,100 |
| 4 | J Fritz Farms Inc | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,607,426 |
| 5 | Mark R Brown | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,593,723 |
| 6 | Lage Land & Livestock Co | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,525,643 |
| 7 | Behr Family Farm Partnership | Rockwell, IA 50469 | $1,491,449 |
| 8 | Bruns Brothers | Fertile, IA 50434 | $1,478,313 |
| 9 | Thomas C Ashland | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,462,106 |
| 10 | William R Caspers | Swaledale, IA 50477 | $1,424,253 |
| 11 | Mark F Johnson | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,408,298 |
| 12 | Ronald E Kuhlemeier | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,390,466 |
| 13 | Busch Grain Farms Ltd | Rockford, IA 50468 | $1,385,598 |
| 14 | Bradley K Oeltjenbrun | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,369,689 |
| 15 | Karl Benjegerdes | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,360,212 |
| 16 | Marcus Spotts | Nora Springs, IA 50458 | $1,353,295 |
| 17 | Sandra K Whitt Revocable Trust | Mason City, IA 50401 | $1,329,703 |
| 18 | Farmview Inc | Clear Lake, IA 50428 | $1,305,222 |
| 19 | Grant Cunningham | Nora Springs, IA 50458 | $1,290,723 |
| 20 | Mike Olk Farms | Rockwell, IA 50469 | $1,285,697 |
* 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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