Total Commodity Programs in Gogebic County, Michigan, 1995-2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 6 of 6

Recipients of Total Commodity Programs from farms in Gogebic County, Michigan totaled $32,781 in from 1995-2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Total Commodity Programs
1995-2021
1Watersmeet Trout Hatchery & FishWatersmeet, MI 49969$27,025
2August J Semmerling JrBessemer, MI 49911$3,863
3David W RuotsalaIronwood, MI 49938$1,143
4August J SemmerlingBessemer, MI 49911$395
5Farm Services Agency **Washington, DC 20250$320
6Myron KauppiIronwood, MI 49938$35

* 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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