Farm Subsidy information
Newport County, Rhode Island
Total Subsidies in Newport County, Rhode Island, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 187
Recipients of Total Subsidies from farms in Newport County, Rhode Island totaled $4,758,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Subsidies 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palombo Fishing Corp | Newport, RI 02840 | $247,879 |
| 2 | Wishing Stone Inc | Little Compton, RI 02837 | $229,539 |
| 3 | Sweet Berry Farm | Middletown, RI 02842 | $228,747 |
| 4 | The Rhode Island Nurseries Inc | Middletown, RI 02842 | $222,831 |
| 5 | Escobar Farm LLC | Portsmouth, RI 02871 | $201,971 |
| 6 | Hoogendoorn Nurseries Inc | Middletown, RI 02842 | $182,802 |
| 7 | Decastro Farms Inc | Portsmouth, RI 02871 | $155,266 |
| 8 | Louis Escobar | Portsmouth, RI 02871 | $141,347 |
| 9 | Newport Vineyards & Winery LLC | Middletown, RI 02842 | $106,233 |
| 10 | Portsmouth Nursery Inc. | Portsmouth, RI 02871 | $103,336 |
| 11 | Joseph F Dutra | Jamestown, RI 02835 | $101,271 |
| 12 | John F Bettencourt | Tiverton, RI 02878 | $96,592 |
| 13 | Young Family Farm | Little Compton, RI 02837 | $92,100 |
| 14 | Ferolbink Farms Inc | Tiverton, RI 02878 | $72,364 |
| 15 | Arthur Mello | Tiverton, RI 02878 | $67,115 |
| 16 | Mello's Farm & Flower Center | Portsmouth, RI 02871 | $66,766 |
| 17 | Salt Water Farms LLC | North Kingstown, RI 02852 | $65,179 |
| 18 | Brian Simmons | Middletown, RI 02842 | $63,932 |
| 19 | O'farrell & Sons LLC | Providence, RI 02906 | $63,860 |
| 20 | Spencer Fish And Lobster | Jamestown, RI 02835 | $59,040 |
* 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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