Ronald Elsen
The Farm Service Agency recorded $234.7 thousand paid to Ronald Elsen of Hecla, SD in 2011 to 2025, across 57 payments under 18 programs.
What the record holds
- $234.7 thousand
- Paid
- $234,720
- Net of any repayment. This payee has none on record.
- 57
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one year and not one program.
- 18
- 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 Hecla, SD 57446-0124. 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 | $68,213 | 21 |
| Emergency Relief Program-Non-Specialty Crops | $26,969 | 4 |
| Tmp/Mfp 2019 Non Specialty Crops | $24,095 | 3 |
| Market Facilitation Program - Crops | $22,604 | 2 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $15,180 | 1 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 2-Non-Specialty Crops | $14,181 | 1 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $13,633 | 2 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $8,856 | 1 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $6,494 | 2 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 1-Non-Specialty Crops | $5,582 | 1 |
| Price Loss Coverage Program | $5,550 | 7 |
| CFAPCCA2 | $5,142 | 1 |
| CFAP3 - TUP | $4,812 | 1 |
| WHIP Plus 3 Assistance | $3,674 | 3 |
| CFAPCCCCA | $2,844 | 2 |
| CRP - Continuous PIP | $2,597 | 2 |
| CFAPCARES | $2,575 | 2 |
| Crop Assistance Program | $1,721 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $46,760 | 8 |
| 2024 | $15,383 | 3 |
| 2023 | $5,582 | 1 |
| 2022 | $25,767 | 2 |
| 2021 | $8,517 | 5 |
| 2020 | $22,103 | 12 |
| 2019 | $21,372 | 7 |
| 2018 | $37,797 | 6 |
| 2017 | $752 | 2 |
| 2016 | $27,635 | 5 |
| 2015 | $21,332 | 5 |
| 2011 | $1,721 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | South Dakota | $234,720 | 57 |
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
- 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