Direct Payment Program in Van Buren County, Michigan, 1995-2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 383

Recipients of Direct Payment Program from farms in Van Buren County, Michigan totaled $8,588,000 in from 1995-2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Direct Payment Program
1995-2021
1Duane T WhiteDecatur, MI 49045$253,738
2Cornerstone Ag Enterprises LLCSouth Haven, MI 49090$242,357
3Phillips Sunshine Farms IncHartford, MI 49057$241,254
4Roger L SmoesHamilton, MI 49419$225,058
5Totzke FarmsBaroda, MI 49101$222,712
6Shugars FarmMarcellus, MI 49067$204,147
7Drozd FarmsAllegan, MI 49010$192,404
8Mark L AshbrookBloomingdale, MI 49026$168,878
9Steven M MroczekDecatur, MI 49045$167,438
10Michael D StampDecatur, MI 49045$158,875
11Ransler FarmsGobles, MI 49055$146,673
12Ray Farms IncGobles, MI 49055$139,425
13Timothy C HoodPaw Paw, MI 49079$124,365
14Leonard A KolbergBangor, MI 49013$120,631
15Jay Bradley Hemenway JrDecatur, MI 49045$106,847
16Douglas E MeachumHartford, MI 49057$106,182
17Ryan T MeachumSaint Joseph, MI 49085$104,871
18Stamp Farms LLCDecatur, MI 49045$103,619
19Hinz Farms LLCSouth Haven, MI 49090$103,527
20George W KusmackDecatur, MI 49045$101,705

* 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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