Total Emergency Relief Program in Benzie County, Michigan, 1995-2023

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 16 of 16

Recipients of Total Emergency Relief Program from farms in Benzie County, Michigan totaled $977,000 in from 1995-2023.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Total Emergency Relief Program
1995-2023
1Evans Brothers Fruit CompanyFrankfort, MI 49635$215,176
2Grays Fruit Farm IncBenzonia, MI 49616$190,713
3Lentz Farms IncHonor, MI 49640$125,000
4Sleeping Bear Apiaries LtdBeulah, MI 49617$113,371
5Henry Orchards IncBenzonia, MI 49616$65,346
6Larry A LathwellFrankfort, MI 49635$39,975
7Gary Wayne LathwellFrankfort, MI 49635$39,975
8Skyline Orchard Of FrankfortElberta, MI 49628$36,594
9, $30,767
10Gregory GilroyArcadia, MI 49613$26,112
11Alan KobernikFrankfort, MI 49635$24,855
12Gordon SauerBenzonia, MI 49616$19,989
13High Oaks LLCFrankfort, MI 49635$15,987
14Zane R GrayInterlochen, MI 49643$14,801
15Miller Brothers OrchardBear Lake, MI 49614$12,926
16, $5,000

* 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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