Merlin Backman
The Farm Service Agency recorded $379.1 thousand paid to Merlin Backman of Wilton, ND in 2015 to 2025, across 76 payments under 13 programs.
What the record holds
- $379.1 thousand
- Paid
- $379,117
- Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
- 76
- 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.
- 2
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, which is not where any land is.
USDA mails this payee’s payments to Wilton, ND 58579-7419. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Relief Program-Non-Specialty Crops | $85,065 | 4 |
| WHIP Plus 3 Assistance | $42,487 | 3 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $41,994 | 2 |
| Tmp/Mfp 2019 Non Specialty Crops | $37,840 | 3 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $37,558 | 29 |
| Price Loss Coverage Program | $36,649 | 25 |
| Market Facilitation Program - Crops | $35,800 | 2 |
| CFAP3 - TUP | $29,745 | 1 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $23,086 | 1 |
| CFAPCCCCA | $3,596 | 2 |
| CFAPCARES | $3,237 | 2 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $1,894 | 1 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage -County Pilot | $168 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $43,887 | 3 |
| 2024 | $3,793 | 2 |
| 2022 | $81,272 | 2 |
| 2021 | $83,893 | 12 |
| 2020 | $57,289 | 17 |
| 2019 | $31,378 | 8 |
| 2018 | $54,608 | 14 |
| 2016 | $19,914 | 12 |
| 2015 | $3,084 | 6 |
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 North Dakota
- McDonald Farms & Organics LLC $2.2 million
- Hoverson Brothers $2.0 million
- Black Gold Farms Inc $1.7 million
- Hoverson Farms Partnership $1.3 million
- Eaton Farms $1.2 million
- Absolute Honey LLC $1.2 million
- Ktm Farm $1.1 million
- C&S Seckerson Farms Partnership $1.1 million
The largest recipients North Dakota'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
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