Bruce Ness
The Farm Service Agency recorded $318.1 thousand paid to Bruce Ness of Albert Lea, MN in 2015 to 2025, across 65 payments under 13 programs.
What the record holds
- $318.1 thousand
- Paid
- $318,098
- Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
- 65
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one year and not one program.
- 13
- Programs
- Named in the file itself, so this is what the money was for as USDA records it.
- 1
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, which is not where any land is.
USDA mails this payee’s payments to Albert Lea, MN 56007-7024. That is where a check goes, not where a farm is: a payee can be addressed to an accountant in another state. The street line is in FSA’s payment files, and not printed here.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $108,256 | 27 |
| Tmp/Mfp 2019 Non Specialty Crops | $43,335 | 3 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $42,157 | 1 |
| Market Facilitation Program - Crops | $30,170 | 3 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $23,689 | 2 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $19,865 | 1 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $18,649 | 15 |
| CFAP3 - TUP | $12,638 | 1 |
| Price Loss Coverage Program | $6,529 | 4 |
| CFAPCCCCA | $6,363 | 2 |
| CFAPCARES | $5,785 | 2 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $368 | 2 |
| CRP - Continuous PIP | $294 | 2 |
By year
| Year | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $109,716 | 10 |
| 2024 | $2,653 | 2 |
| 2023 | $2,653 | 2 |
| 2022 | $2,752 | 4 |
| 2021 | $14,460 | 6 |
| 2020 | $53,535 | 17 |
| 2019 | $33,768 | 5 |
| 2018 | $31,424 | 6 |
| 2017 | $20,229 | 5 |
| 2016 | $18,544 | 4 |
| 2015 | $28,364 | 4 |
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
| County | State | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeborn | Minnesota | $318,098 | 65 |
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 Minnesota
- Hader Farms Partnership $3.1 million
- Molitor Bros Farm $3.0 million
- Pederson Brothers Partnership $2.5 million
- Wilmer Farms Inc $1.8 million
- Michael Stamer Farms General Partnership $1.8 million
- Bailey Nurseries Inc $1.8 million
- Hector Farms Iii Family Partnership $1.5 million
- Van Zuilen Farms $1.4 million
The largest recipients Minnesota's offices paid in 2025, which is one year rather than the years above.
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
Data retrieved