Non-insured Disaster Assistance in Benzie County, Michigan, 1995-2023

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 39

Recipients of Non-insured Disaster Assistance from farms in Benzie County, Michigan totaled $2,840,000 in from 1995-2023.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Non-insured Disaster Assistance
1995-2023
1Grays Fruit Farm IncBenzonia, MI 49616$325,687
2Gregory GilroyArcadia, MI 49613$283,000
3Crystal View Orchards IncFrankfort, MI 49635$239,155
4Evans Brothers Fruit CompanyFrankfort, MI 49635$237,537
5Putney Beef Or Fruit IncBenzonia, MI 49616$215,434
6Henry Orchards IncBenzonia, MI 49616$181,892
7Lentz Farms IncHonor, MI 49640$129,429
8Gerald L JohnsonFrankfort, MI 49635$109,305
9Gary Wayne LathwellFrankfort, MI 49635$93,192
10Larry A LathwellFrankfort, MI 49635$93,191
11Gordon SauerBenzonia, MI 49616$92,563
12Martin Smeltzer Orchards LLCFrankfort, MI 49635$83,421
13Alan KobernikFrankfort, MI 49635$65,624
14William JohnsonFrankfort, MI 49635$55,686
15Ronald MickFrankfort, MI 49635$54,736
16James LaubachHonor, MI 49640$53,787
17Zane R GrayInterlochen, MI 49643$50,371
18Jack Wendel GrayBenzonia, MI 49616$49,854
19Harry NugentBenzonia, MI 49616$49,477
20Miller Brothers OrchardBear Lake, MI 49614$48,177

* 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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