Total Disaster Programs in Merrick County, Nebraska, 2020
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 112
Recipients of Total Disaster Programs from farms in Merrick County, Nebraska totaled $732,000 in in 2020.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Disaster Programs 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiram L Dexter | Central City, NE 68826 | $38,092 |
| 2 | Charles Alton Homolka | Central City, NE 68826 | $37,496 |
| 3 | Eric Prusa | Central City, NE 68826 | $26,178 |
| 4 | Mark W Hudnall | Chapman, NE 68827 | $25,920 |
| 5 | Amazing Grains Farm | Palmer, NE 68864 | $23,797 |
| 6 | Gary Houdek | Chapman, NE 68827 | $19,042 |
| 7 | Ty Peterson | Clarks, NE 68628 | $19,034 |
| 8 | Dean Gail Thede | Saint Paul, NE 68873 | $17,735 |
| 9 | Janet Elaine Thede | Saint Paul, NE 68873 | $17,735 |
| 10 | Stebec Farms Inc | Chapman, NE 68827 | $17,635 |
| 11 | Clinton J Fousek | Central City, NE 68826 | $17,407 |
| 12 | Jacob Esch Farms LLC | Primrose, NE 68655 | $16,494 |
| 13 | Timothy Francis Thies | Clarks, NE 68628 | $16,208 |
| 14 | Ziemba Family Farms, LLC | Silver Creek, NE 68663 | $15,904 |
| 15 | James Connot | Chapman, NE 68827 | $14,974 |
| 16 | Kenyon Seim | Chapman, NE 68827 | $14,553 |
| 17 | Thies Farms Central, LLC | Beatrice, NE 68310 | $14,207 |
| 18 | Jag Acres Inc | Chapman, NE 68827 | $13,431 |
| 19 | Leroy Houdek | Grand Island, NE 68801 | $13,163 |
| 20 | Jess Brandes | Central City, NE 68826 | $12,720 |
* 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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