Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments in Berrien County, Michigan, 2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 47

Recipients of Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments from farms in Berrien County, Michigan totaled $1,035,000 in in 2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments
2021
1Bryan BixbyBerrien Springs, MI 49103$285,311
2Marschke Farms LLCBerrien Springs, MI 49103$125,000
3Fruit Acres Farm MarketColoma, MI 49038$98,616
4Marlene Joy SebastyBuchanan, MI 49107$49,615
5Hillside Orchards LLCBerrien Springs, MI 49103$45,801
6Jacob Daniel Busick JrBuchanan, MI 49107$42,857
7Andrew A BarbottStevensville, MI 49127$42,198
8Shane Toby MastenNiles, MI 49120$25,539
9Steve LeckliderNiles, MI 49120$24,666
10Mike GilletteNiles, MI 49120$23,359
11Zelmer BrothersNiles, MI 49120$22,868
12Beacon Credit Union **Wabash, IN 46992$19,993
13Warda Farm LLCBuchanan, MI 49107$18,277
14Wagner Family Farms LLCNiles, MI 49120$18,172
15Gravity Vineyards And Winery LLCBaroda, MI 49101$17,527
16David G ZelmerNiles, MI 49120$14,355
17Hasse Brothers Farms LLCBaroda, MI 49101$14,330
18Masten Farms Trucking LLCNiles, MI 49120$12,350
19Kriegers Wholesale Nursery IncBridgman, MI 49106$11,496
20Brent B AshbyBaroda, MI 49101$9,882

* 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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