Al Meier
The Farm Service Agency recorded $1.9 million paid to Al Meier of Wessington Springs, SD in 2014 to 2025, across 167 payments under 17 programs.
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What the record holds
- $1.9 million
- Paid
- $1,933,939
- Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
- 167
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one year and not one program.
- 17
- Programs
- Named in the file itself, so this is what the money was for as USDA records it.
- 4
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, which is not where any land is.
The mailing address USDA holds for payment is Po Box 397, Wessington Springs, SD 57382-0397. It is where a cheque goes, not where a farm is: a payee can be addressed to an accountant in another state.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Price Loss Coverage Program | $372,179 | 70 |
| Emergency Relief Program-Non-Specialty Crops | $266,105 | 4 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $246,580 | 56 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $224,558 | 3 |
| Tmp/Mfp 2019 Non Specialty Crops | $158,046 | 3 |
| CFAP3 - TUP | $136,887 | 2 |
| Market Facilitation Program - Crops | $118,034 | 3 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $114,194 | 1 |
| WHIP Plus 3 Assistance | $101,048 | 6 |
| Average Crop Revenue Election-Acre | $69,277 | 5 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 1-Non-Specialty Crops | $41,722 | 1 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage - Individual | $35,592 | 5 |
| CFAPCCCCA | $20,614 | 2 |
| CFAPCARES | $19,229 | 2 |
| Livestock Indemnity Program | $4,390 | 1 |
| Quality Loss Adjustment Program | $3,759 | 2 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $1,725 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $226,283 | 4 |
| 2024 | $13,264 | 9 |
| 2023 | $90,567 | 5 |
| 2022 | $337,063 | 7 |
| 2021 | $220,755 | 13 |
| 2020 | $348,814 | 23 |
| 2019 | $176,259 | 19 |
| 2018 | $234,409 | 33 |
| 2017 | $104,798 | 10 |
| 2016 | $71,619 | 25 |
| 2015 | $40,832 | 14 |
| 2014 | $69,277 | 5 |
The calendar year USDA disbursed the money, which is frequently not the year of the program it was paid under. The site holds the years listed here and no others.
Which offices paid
Nearby on this site
A payee's neighbours here are the other recipients paid through the same state's offices, not the farms next door: FSA publishes no location, only the address it pays.
- What the Farm Service Agency paid in South Dakota
- Yackley Ranches $1.6 million
- Lindskov Ranch Gen Ptr $1.6 million
- Adee Honey Farms Llc $1.3 million
- Swenson Partnership $1.3 million
- Pbp Farms $1.2 million
- Wagner Farms $1.2 million
- Heim Ranch Llc $1.1 million
- Mike Ogan Farms Partnership $1.1 million
The largest recipients South Dakota's offices paid in 2025, which is one year rather than the years above.
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work
Data retrieved