Farm Subsidy information
Franklin County, Massachusetts
Total Subsidies in Franklin County, Massachusetts, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 564
Recipients of Total Subsidies from farms in Franklin County, Massachusetts totaled $32,739,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Subsidies 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Patterson Farm LLC | Sunderland, MA 01375 | $275,610 |
| 22 | Nourse Farms Inc | S Deerfield, MA 01373 | $252,181 |
| 23 | Hugh Manheim | South Deerfield, MA 01373 | $251,244 |
| 24 | George A Hunt Sr | Orange, MA 01364 | $250,446 |
| 25 | Kenneth Herzig Dba West Branch Farm | Colrain, MA 01340 | $246,628 |
| 26 | Brian M Peila | Gill, MA 01354 | $235,622 |
| 27 | Mt Toby Farm | Sunderland, MA 01375 | $230,314 |
| 28 | Walnut Hill Farm | Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 | $230,152 |
| 29 | Mieczyslaw S Mieczkowski | Montague, MA 01351 | $223,586 |
| 30 | Farm Services Agency ** | Washington, DC 20250 | $223,196 |
| 31 | Mt Toby Farm Old | Sunderland, MA 01375 | $217,851 |
| 32 | Albert Hager Jr Dba Hager Bros | Colrain, MA 01340 | $217,664 |
| 33 | Great Falls Aquaculture LLC | Turners Falls, MA 01376 | $212,936 |
| 34 | Old Yankee Farm | Northfield, MA 01360 | $207,102 |
| 35 | Thomas Schreiber | Ashfield, MA 01330 | $202,840 |
| 36 | Kenneth S Williams III | Deerfield, MA 01342 | $200,000 |
| 37 | Kenneth S Williams Iv | Greenfield, MA 01301 | $200,000 |
| 38 | Joseph Kostiuk Jr | Deerfield, MA 01342 | $200,000 |
| 39 | Paul Willis Dba Clessons River Farm | Buckland, MA 01338 | $187,025 |
| 40 | Gould Maple Farm Inc | Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 | $186,946 |
* 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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