Farm Subsidy information
Highland County, Virginia
Total Subsidies in Highland County, Virginia, 2020
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 125
Recipients of Total Subsidies from farms in Highland County, Virginia totaled $1,090,000 in in 2020.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Total Subsidies 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Shirley Ruth Armstrong | Doe Hill, VA 24433 | $13,378 |
| 22 | Matthew Kenton Sponaugle | Mcdowell, VA 24458 | $12,901 |
| 23 | Anna Lee Rexrode | Monterey, VA 24465 | $12,497 |
| 24 | Scott Armstrong | Doe Hill, VA 24433 | $11,674 |
| 25 | Bird's Run Farm LLC | Lynchburg, VA 24505 | $11,579 |
| 26 | Matthew W Blagg | Doe Hill, VA 24433 | $11,407 |
| 27 | Dareld Puffenbarger | Monterey, VA 24465 | $11,275 |
| 28 | Caroline Babcock Smith | Monterey, VA 24465 | $11,145 |
| 29 | Aubrey Dean Simmons | Mcdowell, VA 24458 | $11,099 |
| 30 | Christian Brock | Monterey, VA 24465 | $10,856 |
| 31 | Paul S Trible | Blue Grass, VA 24413 | $10,854 |
| 32 | Joseph T Neil | Mc Dowell, VA 24458 | $10,668 |
| 33 | Jacob P Colaw | Blue Grass, VA 24413 | $10,263 |
| 34 | Chris Swecker | Blue Grass, VA 24413 | $10,224 |
| 35 | William Travis Hiner | Mcdowell, VA 24458 | $9,922 |
| 36 | Michael S Humphries | Monterey, VA 24465 | $9,457 |
| 37 | Kyle T Obaugh | Mc Dowell, VA 24458 | $9,130 |
| 38 | Lazy R Ranch LLC | Doe Hill, VA 24433 | $9,117 |
| 39 | Allen Lowry | Monterey, VA 24465 | $9,055 |
| 40 | David Larry Wimer | Blue Grass, VA 24413 | $8,970 |
* 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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