Non-insured Disaster Assistance in Puerto Rico, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 21 to 40 of 626
Recipients of Non-insured Disaster Assistance from farms in Puerto Rico totaled $9,640,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Non-insured Disaster Assistance 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Hacienda Sueno Escondido LLC | San Juan, PR 00936 | $101,977 |
| 22 | Lourdes Hernandez Ortiz | Naranjito, PR 00719 | $98,873 |
| 23 | Michael Santos Rivera | Barranquitas, PR 00794 | $98,849 |
| 24 | Rayo, Inc. | Utuado, PR 00641 | $94,190 |
| 25 | Josue Pinto Inc | Yabucoa, PR 00767 | $90,385 |
| 26 | Ulises Ruiz Vargas | Maricao, PR 00606 | $88,303 |
| 27 | Jose A Calderon Andino | Comerio, PR 00782 | $87,815 |
| 28 | Jorge Ferrer Graniela | Cabo Rojo, PR 00623 | $85,801 |
| 29 | Jaime Acevedo Quiles | Guanica, PR 00653 | $79,552 |
| 30 | Juan J Berrios Cuevas | Naranjito, PR 00719 | $78,959 |
| 31 | Juan Ramon Alvarado Domenech | Aibonito, PR 00705 | $75,455 |
| 32 | Luz A Torres Hernandez | Orocovis, PR 00720 | $75,152 |
| 33 | Carlos L Gonzalez Vargas | Ensenada, PR 00647 | $69,267 |
| 34 | Orlando Escalera-estrada | Santa Isabel, PR 00757 | $68,135 |
| 35 | Procesadora De Productos Agricola | San Juan, PR 00918 | $64,799 |
| 36 | Neftali Nieves Ingles | San Sebastian, PR 00685 | $63,932 |
| 37 | Jose V Colon Colon | Orocovis, PR 00720 | $58,797 |
| 38 | Angel M Alicea Aponte | Barranquitas, PR 00794 | $57,675 |
| 39 | Farm Services Agency ** | Washington, DC 20250 | $56,781 |
| 40 | Javier Colon Gonzalez | Yabucoa, PR 00767 | $56,309 |
* 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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