Tree Assistance Program in Berrien County, Michigan, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 193
Recipients of Tree Assistance Program from farms in Berrien County, Michigan totaled $3,210,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Tree Assistance Program 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | David Kugel | Berrien Springs, MI 49103 | $35,697 |
| 22 | David A Faehner | Berrien Springs, MI 49103 | $31,238 |
| 23 | Mike Newman | Berrien Center, MI 49102 | $29,004 |
| 24 | Robert Pagel Jr | Berrien Springs, MI 49103 | $28,966 |
| 25 | Michael Piedt | Eau Claire, MI 49111 | $28,911 |
| 26 | Grootendorst Nurseries Inc | Baroda, MI 49101 | $26,229 |
| 27 | Miller Orchards & Produce Inc | Coloma, MI 49038 | $24,987 |
| 28 | Paul Friday Farms Inc | Coloma, MI 49038 | $24,924 |
| 29 | Mark L Layman Sr | Berrien Center, MI 49102 | $24,300 |
| 30 | S&s Farms Inc | Berrien Center, MI 49102 | $22,172 |
| 31 | Kurt R Weber | Benton Harbor, MI 49022 | $21,867 |
| 32 | Edward L Gast Jr | Eau Claire, MI 49111 | $21,665 |
| 33 | Franklin Thomas James | Sodus, MI 49126 | $20,756 |
| 34 | Gifford Annex | Berrien Springs, MI 49103 | $20,615 |
| 35 | Schilling Farms LLC | Eau Claire, MI 49111 | $20,552 |
| 36 | Phillip J Prillwitz | Eau Claire, MI 49111 | $19,721 |
| 37 | David W Rick | Baroda, MI 49101 | $19,701 |
| 38 | Ernest Hildebrand | Berrien Springs, MI 49103 | $19,516 |
| 39 | Daryl Hacker | Eau Claire, MI 49111 | $19,089 |
| 40 | E Dale Disterheft | Eau Claire, MI 49111 | $18,505 |
* 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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