Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments in Kent County, Michigan, 1995-2023

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 18 of 18

Recipients of Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments from farms in Kent County, Michigan totaled $393,000 in from 1995-2023.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments
1995-2023
1Klein Cider Mill & Market LLCSparta, MI 49345$126,732
2Sunnyridge Acres LLCCedar Springs, MI 49319$78,279
3Alt's Dairy Farm LLCComstock Park, MI 49321$47,613
4Finn Farms LLCClarksville, MI 48815$19,262
5Heinbeck Farms LLCComstock Park, MI 49321$17,288
6Lyle FrahmSand Lake, MI 49343$16,418
7J Schweitzer Ridge Farms LLCSparta, MI 49345$12,022
8Thomas ZookAlto, MI 49302$11,883
9David E DunavenRockford, MI 49341$11,018
10William M KlunderByron Center, MI 49315$10,941
11Fisk FarmsSand Lake, MI 49343$10,050
12Brian S AbbottRavenna, MI 49451$9,021
13Travis Steven SeifIonia, MI 48846$6,160
14Kruithoff Farm & Grain LLCKent City, MI 49330$4,737
15Duane Rasch Orchards LLCLowell, MI 49331$4,405
16Swisslane Dairy Farm IncAlto, MI 49302$3,125
17Lobbezoo Farm LLCCaledonia, MI 49316$2,403
18Bob & Jami Goble Cattle Srvcs LLCAlto, MI 49302$1,495

* 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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