Subtotal, Disaster Payments in West Virginia, 1995-2020‡
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 8,416
Recipients of Subtotal, Disaster Payments from farms in West Virginia totaled $26,033,000 in from 1995-2020‡.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Subtotal, Disaster Payments 1995-2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Levels Orchard * | Levels, WV 25431 | $319,171 |
| 2 | Lorin Kane Shanholtz | Romney, WV 26757 | $301,496 |
| 3 | Jefferson Orchards Inc * | Kearneysville, WV 25430 | $290,713 |
| 4 | Michael R Feller | Levels, WV 25431 | $264,226 |
| 5 | Russell L Cummins | Murraysville, WV 26164 | $254,195 |
| 6 | A B G Orchard Inc * | Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 | $217,842 |
| 7 | Scott C Humphrey | Alexandria, VA 22313 | $216,703 |
| 8 | E Garry Shanholtz | Romney, WV 26757 | $199,961 |
| 9 | Robert E Gritt | Buffalo, WV 25033 | $163,368 |
| 10 | Spring Hill Orchards Inc * | Hedgesville, WV 25427 | $158,705 |
| 11 | R Z Bane Inc * | Summit Point, WV 25446 | $155,842 |
| 12 | George S Orr & Sons Inc * | Martinsburg, WV 25402 | $155,199 |
| 13 | Lewis Brothers * | Martinsburg, WV 25401 | $144,850 |
| 14 | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation * | Broadway, VA 22815 | $138,280 |
| 15 | Steven D Stratton | West Hamlin, WV 25571 | $137,552 |
| 16 | Plateau Orchards * | Paynesville, WV 24873 | $131,732 |
| 17 | Michael Feller | Levels, WV 25431 | $121,114 |
| 18 | Charles M Long & W E Irons Jr * | Lewisburg, WV 24901 | $114,242 |
| 19 | Vickie D Feller | Winchester, VA 22601 | $112,589 |
| 20 | Gruber Farms * | Summit Point, WV 25446 | $110,401 |
* 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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‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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