Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) in Merrick County, Nebraska, 2023
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 186
Recipients of Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) from farms in Merrick County, Nebraska totaled $223,000 in in 2023.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wade Bennett | Archer, NE 68816 | $27,690 |
| 2 | Dbl Inc | Fullerton, NE 68638 | $10,697 |
| 3 | Hake Agricultural Operations LLC | Palmer, NE 68864 | $7,899 |
| 4 | Van Pelt Farms Inc | Archer, NE 68816 | $7,760 |
| 5 | Ziemba Family Farms, LLC | Silver Creek, NE 68663 | $4,817 |
| 6 | William L Blauhorn | Palmer, NE 68864 | $4,624 |
| 7 | Two Rivers Farms Inc | Grand Island, NE 68801 | $4,479 |
| 8 | J & T Valasek Farms Inc | Palmer, NE 68864 | $4,209 |
| 9 | Russell J Eilers | Palmer, NE 68864 | $4,095 |
| 10 | Brandes Brothers LLC | Central City, NE 68826 | $3,703 |
| 11 | Clayton D Retzlaff | Palmer, NE 68864 | $3,692 |
| 12 | Richard L Rieken Jr | Clarks, NE 68628 | $3,312 |
| 13 | Jacob Etherton | Palmer, NE 68864 | $3,149 |
| 14 | Scott William Dittmer | Clarks, NE 68628 | $2,916 |
| 15 | Ferris Ag Inc | Central City, NE 68826 | $2,873 |
| 16 | Lazy J Cattle & Hay LLC | Brainard, NE 68626 | $2,745 |
| 17 | Kurt H Kuhn | Clarks, NE 68628 | $2,671 |
| 18 | Jason Lee Hanke | Archer, NE 68816 | $2,637 |
| 19 | Edward Mcneff | Archer, NE 68816 | $2,471 |
| 20 | Ru4nu Farming LLC | Silver Creek, NE 68663 | $2,397 |
* 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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