Farm Subsidy information
Merrick County, Nebraska
Total Subsidies in Merrick County, Nebraska, 2019
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 751
Recipients of Total Subsidies from farms in Merrick County, Nebraska totaled $14,010,000 in in 2019.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Subsidies 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ziemba Family Farms, LLC | Silver Creek, NE 68663 | $160,396 |
| 2 | Mark W Hudnall | Chapman, NE 68827 | $134,979 |
| 3 | Santin Farms Inc | Central City, NE 68826 | $128,285 |
| 4 | Schuett Farms Inc | Chapman, NE 68827 | $127,055 |
| 5 | Clayton D Retzlaff | Palmer, NE 68864 | $123,786 |
| 6 | Edward Mcneff | Archer, NE 68816 | $115,753 |
| 7 | Laurie Retzlaff | Palmer, NE 68864 | $115,376 |
| 8 | Douglas Retzlaff | Palmer, NE 68864 | $113,424 |
| 9 | Stebec Farms Inc | Chapman, NE 68827 | $109,615 |
| 10 | Cornhusker Acres Inc | Chapman, NE 68827 | $104,937 |
| 11 | Bat Inc | Archer, NE 68816 | $104,632 |
| 12 | Joseph J Janky | Chapman, NE 68827 | $104,245 |
| 13 | John Janky | Chapman, NE 68827 | $104,245 |
| 14 | Jason L Luebbe | Grand Island, NE 68801 | $102,946 |
| 15 | Edward Ostberg | Stromsburg, NE 68666 | $102,513 |
| 16 | Big Red Farms Of Nebraska Inc | Central City, NE 68826 | $99,835 |
| 17 | Alvin D Kowalski III | Grand Island, NE 68801 | $98,407 |
| 18 | Sandy Ridge Cattle Inc | Fullerton, NE 68638 | $96,385 |
| 19 | Double Ll Farms LLC | Hastings, NE 68901 | $94,959 |
| 20 | Evangeline Mary Svitak | Chapman, NE 68827 | $94,385 |
* 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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