Environmental Quality Incentives Program in Grant County, South Dakota, 1995-2023

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 10 of 10

Recipients of Environmental Quality Incentives Program from farms in Grant County, South Dakota totaled $186,000 in from 1995-2023.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Environmental Quality Incentives Program
1995-2023
1Francis J Van LithBig Stone City, SD 57216$50,000
2Brink Bros IncOrtley, SD 57256$32,775
3Lyle Michael ZirbelOrtley, SD 57256$20,396
4Ferdinand August Fredrick ZirbelOrtley, SD 57256$20,395
5David Dale ZirbelOrtley, SD 57256$20,395
6Jevon Joseph ZirbelOrtley, SD 57256$20,395
7Roger SteuckSummit, SD 57266$11,665
8E & M Farms IncMilbank, SD 57252$8,663
9Allen AmdahlSummit, SD 57266$660
10Sybil E Schafer EstateFlorence, SD 57235$343

* 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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