Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments in Puerto Rico, 2020
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 16 of 16
Recipients of Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments from farms in Puerto Rico totaled $185,000 in in 2020.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Wildfires and Hurricane Indemnity Program Payments 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hector Bengochea Pacheco Estate | Castaner, PR 00631 | $62,261 |
| 2 | Jose Ramon Carrion Morales | San Juan, PR 00902 | $48,719 |
| 3 | Luis A Acosta-rodriguez | Adjuntas, PR 00601 | $35,611 |
| 4 | Farm Services Agency ** | Washington, DC 20250 | $16,288 |
| 5 | Alibeth Irizarry-natal | Adjuntas, PR 00601 | $15,148 |
| 6 | Alvin Gonzalez Vega | Ciales, PR 00638 | $3,195 |
| 7 | Finca Del Carmen LLC | Hatillo, PR 00659 | $1,377 |
| 8 | Hacienda Morada LLC | Ponce, PR 00716 | $865 |
| 9 | Wilfredo Valentin Cajigas | Lares, PR 00669 | $614 |
| 10 | Luis Pagan Cosme | Jayuya, PR 00664 | $594 |
| 11 | Meyer Nurseries & Floral Farms In | Aibonito, PR 00705 | $218 |
| 12 | Angel Ortiz Santiago | Adjuntas, PR 00601 | $204 |
| 13 | Deosdany Velez Quiles | Angeles, PR 00611 | $115 |
| 14 | Sucn Emilio Pietri Rivera | Ponce, PR 00730 | $15 |
| 15 | Luis A Robles-plaza | Adjuntas, PR 00601 | $14 |
| 16 | Hacienda Don Argeo Inc | Adjuntas, PR 00601 | $13 |
* 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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