Margin Protection Program in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1995-2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 13 of 13

Recipients of Margin Protection Program from farms in Berkshire County, Massachusetts totaled $186,000 in from 1995-2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Margin Protection Program
1995-2021
1Pine Island Farm PartnershipSheffield, MA 01257$33,044
2Larkin Farm LLCSheffield, MA 01257$29,533
3Fairfields Dairy Farm LLCWilliamstown, MA 01267$28,271
4Twin River Farm LLCAshley Falls, MA 01222$16,836
5Turner Farms IncSouth Egremont, MA 01258$15,175
6Maple Shade Farm IncSheffield, MA 01257$14,315
7Chenail Brothers Dairy FarmWilliamstown, MA 01267$12,087
8Jayko DairyCheshire, MA 01225$11,566
9Harley P. Phelps III Dba Echo FarmNew Ashford, MA 01237$8,770
10Richard H Legeyt Toby Hill FarmSheffield, MA 01257$6,332
11Gary M ShepardWest Stockbridge, MA 01266$5,948
12Fred HavillTyringham, MA 01264$3,964
13Robert A CoonsGreat Barrington, MA 01230$327

* 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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