Total Disaster Programs in Berrien County, Michigan, 2020
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 72
Recipients of Total Disaster Programs from farms in Berrien County, Michigan totaled $1,815,000 in in 2020.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Disaster Programs 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Lemon Creek Fruit Farms | Berrien Springs, MI 49103 | $26,431 |
| 22 | Wendzel Tree Fruit Inc | Watervliet, MI 49098 | $25,510 |
| 23 | Mm Farms LLC | Watervliet, MI 49098 | $24,619 |
| 24 | Greg & Karen Prillwitz LLC | Eau Claire, MI 49111 | $23,024 |
| 25 | Zelmer Brothers | Niles, MI 49120 | $22,868 |
| 26 | K & K Farms | Coloma, MI 49038 | $20,967 |
| 27 | Donald Henry Baiers Baiers Orchar | Watervliet, MI 49098 | $20,355 |
| 28 | Warda Farm LLC | Buchanan, MI 49107 | $18,278 |
| 29 | Wagner Family Farms LLC | Niles, MI 49120 | $18,172 |
| 30 | Shuler Farms LLC | Baroda, MI 49101 | $16,884 |
| 31 | Ronald Wesner | Buchanan, MI 49107 | $16,102 |
| 32 | Michael T Jesswein | Niles, MI 49120 | $15,750 |
| 33 | David G Zelmer | Niles, MI 49120 | $15,015 |
| 34 | Bly Brothers Farm | Stevensville, MI 49127 | $15,009 |
| 35 | Wayne Zech | Berrien Springs, MI 49103 | $12,704 |
| 36 | Gravity Vineyards And Winery LLC | Baroda, MI 49101 | $12,670 |
| 37 | Masten Farms Trucking LLC | Niles, MI 49120 | $12,350 |
| 38 | John P Byrdak | Buchanan, MI 49107 | $12,175 |
| 39 | Brent B Ashby | Baroda, MI 49101 | $11,904 |
| 40 | Gerald Schmaltz | Baroda, MI 49101 | $11,859 |
* 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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