Direct Payment Program in Eaton County, Michigan, 1995-2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 1,149

Recipients of Direct Payment Program from farms in Eaton County, Michigan totaled $24,443,000 in from 1995-2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Direct Payment Program
1995-2021
1Smuts Farms LLCCharlotte, MI 48813$516,570
2Robinson Farms LLCGrand Ledge, MI 48837$412,924
3Ronald L SpitzleyMulliken, MI 48861$401,267
4R And J FarmsEast Lansing, MI 48823$396,199
5Denise M ForellCharlotte, MI 48813$389,029
6John B ForellCharlotte, MI 48813$388,729
7Ledge View Farms IncGrand Ledge, MI 48837$372,760
8Eldon WrightCharlotte, MI 48813$332,660
9Vance H BuchholzCharlotte, MI 48813$310,563
10Kristine E BuchholzCharlotte, MI 48813$310,563
11Scott SpitzleyMulliken, MI 48861$288,444
12Reinhart R CookVermontville, MI 49096$262,790
13Michael E McleanGrand Ledge, MI 48837$256,061
14James MockEaton Rapids, MI 48827$234,982
15Kevin BrodbeckLake Odessa, MI 48849$229,524
16James DeclercqMission, TX 78572$212,103
17C F BenedictVermontville, MI 49096$209,949
18Denis StarrOlivet, MI 49076$205,784
19Gregory SivyerMulliken, MI 48861$196,600
20Forrest GardnerVermontville, MI 49096$191,559

* 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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