Direct Payment Program in Brown County, South Dakota, 1995-2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 1,534

Recipients of Direct Payment Program from farms in Brown County, South Dakota totaled $72,756,000 in from 1995-2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Direct Payment Program
1995-2021
1Locken FarmsBath, SD 57427$980,703
2Berbos FarmsPort Charlotte, FL 33948$883,244
3M & T Schanzenbach FarmsWetonka, SD 57481$704,626
4Braun Joint VentureWarner, SD 57479$697,637
54l FarmsColumbia, SD 57433$658,247
6Sumption FarmsFrederick, SD 57441$513,446
7Ellwein's FarmBarnard, SD 57426$486,107
8Bev SvarstadAberdeen, SD 57401$473,170
9Arne SvarstadAberdeen, SD 57401$472,544
10Hutterville South Dakota IncStratford, SD 57474$470,100
11Craig & Kirk SchaunamanAberdeen, SD 57401$426,453
12Christopher John OddeWestport, SD 57481$413,721
13Lawrence George CookWestport, SD 57481$407,980
14Phillip ShanleyWarner, SD 57479$387,421
15Pharis Farms IncGroton, SD 57445$373,706
16Darin StangeGroton, SD 57445$364,477
17Arthur ZoellnerAberdeen, SD 57401$355,688
18Bret FliehsGroton, SD 57445$345,996
19Treeby Farm PartnershipHecla, SD 57446$345,494
20Harry Pharis JrGroton, SD 57445$325,286

* 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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