Total Disaster Programs in Pennsylvania, 1995-2023
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 18,701
Recipients of Total Disaster Programs from farms in Pennsylvania totaled $247,018,000 in from 1995-2023.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Disaster Programs 1995-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lerew Brothers | York Springs, PA 17372 | $2,912,640 |
| 2 | R & L Orchard Co | Gardners, PA 17324 | $2,421,458 |
| 3 | Bear Mountain Orchards Inc | Aspers, PA 17304 | $2,281,327 |
| 4 | Bonnie Brae Fruit Farms Inc | Gardners, PA 17324 | $1,995,945 |
| 5 | Sernak Farms Inc | Weatherly, PA 18255 | $1,986,992 |
| 6 | Mountain Ridge Farms Inc | Biglerville, PA 17307 | $1,892,887 |
| 7 | Hills Of Home Farms | Home, PA 15747 | $1,707,971 |
| 8 | David E And David R Hackenberg, Hackenberg Apiarie | Lewisburg, PA 17837 | $1,532,456 |
| 9 | Swjj Incorporated Dba Sernak Farm | Weatherly, PA 18255 | $1,451,410 |
| 10 | John B Peters Inc | Gardners, PA 17324 | $1,388,840 |
| 11 | Young Apiaries Inc | Cogan Station, PA 17728 | $1,356,125 |
| 12 | Brian Campbell Farms | Berwick, PA 18603 | $1,000,000 |
| 13 | Garretson Orchards Inc | Bendersville, PA 17306 | $958,259 |
| 14 | , | $935,527 | |
| 15 | Lory's Fruit Farm Inc | York Springs, PA 17372 | $824,726 |
| 16 | Shanesville Fruit Farm LLC | Boyertown, PA 19512 | $800,872 |
| 17 | Lerew Farms Inc | York Springs, PA 17372 | $799,145 |
| 18 | Huff's Honey Farm LLC | Trout Run, PA 17771 | $787,279 |
| 19 | Michael A Fink | Germansville, PA 18053 | $771,449 |
| 20 | Ridgetop Orchards LLC | Fishertown, PA 15539 | $767,666 |
* 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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