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In 2021, 262 farmers in cities within Rosebud County received a total of $7.3 million in 665 farm subsidies, a 24.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.6 million in 706 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with Rosebud County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | $698,680 | $1,231,601 | 76.3% |
| Jason and Tanya Brewer | $660,094 | $514,800 | -22% |
| Montgomery Ranch Company | $545,483 | $372,824 | -31.7% |
| Sorenson Farms of Montana | $182,036 | $225,941 | 24.1% |
| Hammond Valley Colony, Inc. | $219,602 | $189,436 | -13.7% |
| Middle Fork Land & Livestock, Inc. | $357,219 | $148,402 | -58.5% |
| Trusler, Inc. | $70,290 | $135,013 | 92.1% |
| Cavin Steiger | $149,577 | $126,530 | -15.4% |
| Schiffer Ranch Company | $245,758 | $115,849 | -52.9% |
| Red Canyon Ranch, Inc. | $37,239 | $112,341 | 201.7% |
| Steve Thoeny | $149,422 | $110,834 | -25.8% |
| Glen Leonhardt and Carla Leonhardt | $0 | $109,630 | -- |
| William Stevens | $71,139 | $104,152 | 46.4% |
| Bull Ranch | $62,597 | $101,454 | 62.1% |
| Greenleaf Land & Livestock | $103,414 | $100,435 | -2.9% |
| David Davenport | $179,629 | $89,784 | -50% |
| Circle Bar Cattle Company, LLC | $70,261 | $78,379 | 11.6% |
| Mereness Farms | $97,526 | $76,314 | -21.8% |
| Larsen Land & Livestock Company | $65,627 | $72,385 | 10.3% |
| Egan Ranch, Inc. | $72,039 | $71,775 | -0.4% |
| Terry Patterson | $70,486 | $67,196 | -4.7% |
| Clinton W. Clark | $54,703 | $64,941 | 18.7% |
| Hagen Ranch, LLC | $49,742 | $61,585 | 23.8% |
| Keefer Land & Livestock Company | $132,135 | $60,318 | -54.4% |
| Tri-Can Agent | $63,849 | $60,092 | -5.9% |
| Denny Livestock | $64,986 | $59,351 | -8.7% |
| Dennis R. Denson | $112,916 | $56,960 | -49.6% |
| Martin Reierson | $40,252 | $56,857 | 41.3% |
| Johnson Ranch Partnership | $71,418 | $55,334 | -22.5% |
| Steven R. Brewer | $74,279 | $53,103 | -28.5% |
| Powder River Forestry, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Larsen Ranch | $48,837 | $47,970 | -1.8% |
| William A. Swanson | $42,788 | $47,508 | 11% |
| Russell G. Ponessa | $0 | $46,170 | -- |
| Marcus Kirk Denny | $45,551 | $45,119 | -0.9% |
| Thomas William Trusler | $50,586 | $44,555 | -11.9% |
| Home Creek Cattle Company, LLC | $25,427 | $44,348 | 74.4% |
| Hein Cattle Company | $38,729 | $44,150 | 14% |
| Four L Land and Livestock | $93,548 | $44,027 | -52.9% |
| John H. Bailey | $31,697 | $43,454 | 37.1% |
| Bryan Tarter | $35,560 | $43,016 | 21% |
| Jesse R. Lee | $86,429 | $42,466 | -50.9% |
| Christian K Bends | $70,132 | $41,820 | -40.4% |
| E G Strand Partnership | $37,237 | $40,730 | 9.4% |
| Timothy Davis | $35,053 | $40,262 | 14.9% |
| 1200 Ranch, LLC | $26,131 | $39,676 | 51.8% |
| Nile Enterprises, Inc. | $56,491 | $39,204 | -30.6% |
| Lana Hoff | $123,542 | $38,472 | -68.9% |
| Horace Small Jr. | $18,579 | $38,308 | 106.2% |
| Daniel Valdez | $77,442 | $37,934 | -51% |
| Nance Cattle Company | $76,548 | $37,825 | -50.6% |
| Tommy R. Robinson | $45,210 | $37,583 | -16.9% |
| Gene T. Small | $28,182 | $36,360 | 29% |
| Jack L. Ferguson | $63,725 | $35,994 | -43.5% |
| Don D. Polich | $64,403 | $33,377 | -48.2% |
| Clay D. Redding | $40,079 | $33,354 | -16.8% |
| Paul Neiman-Neiman Family Revocable Trust | $0 | $32,647 | -- |
| Bailey Cattle Company, LLC | $30,813 | $30,323 | -1.6% |
| Darla Dawn Dunning | $38,501 | $30,001 | -22.1% |
| Justin Schwend | $24,869 | $27,333 | 9.9% |
| Asay Farms Partnership | $60,274 | $26,414 | -56.2% |
| Quarter Circle U Ranch | $111,364 | $25,814 | -76.8% |
| Marjorie Knobloch | $79,402 | $25,608 | -67.7% |
| Curtis Biery | $68,638 | $24,992 | -63.6% |
| Daniel R. Johnson | $25,865 | $24,969 | -3.5% |
| Three-N-Farm | $37,981 | $24,680 | -35% |
| Ronald T. Johnson | $25,410 | $22,118 | -13% |
| XR Land and Livestock, LLC | $18,073 | $21,961 | 21.5% |
| Joseph T. Kurkowski | $25,839 | $21,231 | -17.8% |
| Cory R. Luther | $33,406 | $20,951 | -37.3% |
| Lafe Jonathan Warren | $61,450 | $20,888 | -66% |
| Richard S. Burnett | $40,363 | $20,577 | -49% |
| Calvin Thornberg | $0 | $20,474 | -- |
| Shawn D. Hollowell | $37,185 | $20,409 | -45.1% |
| Jay L. Blankenship | $50,257 | $20,000 | -60.2% |
| Marian W. Hanson | $24,849 | $19,756 | -20.5% |
| Randy Kraus | $20,042 | $19,698 | -1.7% |
| Wood's T Bar 6 Ranch LP | $46,176 | $19,635 | -57.5% |
| Scott E. Weber | $20,691 | $19,612 | -5.2% |
| Vassau-Flying X Ranch | $0 | $19,491 | -- |
| Vananda Cattle Company | $46,255 | $19,102 | -58.7% |
| Ralph E. Haines Jr. | $29,799 | $18,966 | -36.4% |
| Gregory Bull | $10,123 | $18,221 | 80% |
| Sharon K. Small | $28,061 | $17,107 | -39% |
| Colton John Small | $16,071 | $17,098 | 6.4% |
| Jacqueline L. Trusler | $3,025 | $17,028 | 462.9% |
| Pamela Patterson | $19,458 | $16,571 | -14.8% |
| Thomas R. Plympton | $19,173 | $15,999 | -16.6% |
| Diamond Hook Ranch, Inc. | $102,434 | $15,857 | -84.5% |
| Darwin F. Pfaffinger | $35,869 | $15,672 | -56.3% |
| Shirley Ann Pfaffinger | $35,748 | $15,630 | -56.3% |
| Scott J. Giesick | $31,390 | $15,374 | -51% |
| Clayton Lee Jones | $17,171 | $15,292 | -10.9% |
| Francisco M. Garcia | $0 | $14,438 | -- |
| Robert E. Lee | $34,760 | $14,359 | -58.7% |
| Jonathan Lee Seleg | $34,482 | $14,248 | -58.7% |
| Monte J. Geer | $19,559 | $14,098 | -27.9% |
| Dahlman Ranch, Inc. | $19,768 | $14,063 | -28.9% |
| Debra Cady | $16,545 | $13,803 | -16.6% |
| Ernest D. Robinson | $25,596 | $13,798 | -46.1% |
| Mark D. Holmes | $35,538 | $13,576 | -61.8% |
| Douglas Martens | $32,468 | $13,519 | -58.4% |
| Keith & K P Stevens, Inc. | $54,307 | $13,330 | -75.5% |
| Wesley D. Davenport | $55,070 | $12,421 | -77.4% |
| Cole James Cook | $29,271 | $12,210 | -58.3% |
| Joseph J. Schiffer | $25,972 | $12,195 | -53% |
| Raymond J. Smith | $27,942 | $12,091 | -56.7% |
| Tom D. Trusler | $13,712 | $12,089 | -11.8% |
| Rocker 6 Cattle Company | $60,850 | $12,044 | -80.2% |
| Philip E. Steinberger | $13,713 | $11,796 | -14% |
| Brandon Weber | $9,075 | $11,396 | 25.6% |
| Steven J Seleg | $24,770 | $11,389 | -54% |
| A. G. Lee Jr. | $22,704 | $10,674 | -53% |
| Broadus, Inc. | $9,048 | $10,606 | 17.2% |
| Mackabe Kent Severe | $0 | $10,311 | -- |
| Wanda Gaskill | $11,015 | $10,299 | -6.5% |
| Steven Andrew Seleg | $32,908 | $10,256 | -68.8% |
| Double H Ranch, Inc. | $43,703 | $10,078 | -76.9% |
| Cynthia Gratwohl | $6,234 | $9,927 | 59.2% |
| Marian W. Hanson | $0 | $9,878 | -- |
| Lee & Coker, LLC | $38,412 | $9,861 | -74.3% |
| Jackie L. Walden | $12,373 | $9,799 | -20.8% |
| James Dahle Sr. | $0 | $9,767 | -- |
| Arnold Vassau | $35,623 | $9,551 | -73.2% |
| Joe S Vassau II | $35,576 | $9,551 | -73.2% |
| Karson Kluver | $34,331 | $9,299 | -72.9% |
| Armells Creek Angus Ranch, LLC | $9,519 | $9,290 | -2.4% |
| Craig Weight | $17,762 | $9,274 | -47.8% |
| Clifford Wright Ranch, Inc. | $11,524 | $9,120 | -20.9% |
| Gerald Ackerman | $7,739 | $9,086 | 17.4% |
| Arrow Cattle Company, Inc. | $39,347 | $8,649 | -78% |
| Gary Quinlan | $8,360 | $8,393 | 0.4% |
| AGL Cattle Company | $27,544 | $7,982 | -71% |
| James M. Robinson III | $22,088 | $7,834 | -64.5% |
| Roger Sprague | $21,852 | $7,648 | -65% |
| Geneva Biery | $29,705 | $7,538 | -74.6% |
| Chad Vivian | $33,962 | $7,076 | -79.2% |
| Gary L. Wells | $14,779 | $6,856 | -53.6% |
| B Lazy Y Services, LLC | $9,849 | $6,825 | -30.7% |
| Terry Don Grefe | $5,522 | $6,820 | 23.5% |
| Sarah Suzanne Notti | $30,437 | $6,530 | -78.5% |
| Ann Wells | $11,581 | $5,861 | -49.4% |
| Dean Sleaford | $9,307 | $5,680 | -39% |
| Lyman T. Morin | $17,757 | $5,642 | -68.2% |
| Table Butte Cattle Company | $19,096 | $5,534 | -71% |
| David Joseph Bixby | $6,281 | $5,249 | -16.4% |
| Dick L. Ferguson | $26,065 | $5,165 | -80.2% |
| Michael Schiffer | $10,528 | $4,965 | -52.8% |
| Melvin Ryan Banks | $29,453 | $4,807 | -83.7% |
| Tyler Cook | $21,294 | $4,761 | -77.6% |
| Teddy R. Millhollin | $8,673 | $4,678 | -46.1% |
| Steven A. Bailey | $13,992 | $4,664 | -66.7% |
| Hollowell Farms | $9,322 | $4,560 | -51.1% |
| Victor Small Jr. | $21,022 | $4,425 | -79% |
| Greg Yonkaitis | $5,260 | $4,166 | -20.8% |
| Jason Payer | $8,822 | $4,060 | -54% |
| Llevando Fisher SR | $19,569 | $4,022 | -79.4% |
| Roger Gaskill | $33,069 | $3,953 | -88% |
| James D. Johnstone | $12,328 | $3,791 | -69.2% |
| Cameron Bethke | $9,667 | $3,719 | -61.5% |
| Jerry mc Daniel | $3,637 | $3,657 | 0.5% |
| Ted Fletcher | $2,192 | $3,647 | 66.4% |
| Ryan Lane Melin | $8,279 | $3,635 | -56.1% |
| Jack B. Crocker | $10,366 | $3,570 | -65.6% |
| Allen E. Fisher | $12,276 | $3,464 | -71.8% |
| Philip Arthur Reierson | $12,517 | $3,459 | -72.4% |
| Scott W. Martens | $24,510 | $3,439 | -86% |
| Jeb Jackson | $7,907 | $3,439 | -56.5% |
| Mary Jo Turner | $10,441 | $3,321 | -68.2% |
| William C. Asay | $29,020 | $3,170 | -89.1% |
| Gina M. Asay | $28,987 | $3,162 | -89.1% |
| Rita Watson | $7,862 | $3,145 | -60% |
| April L. Cady | $0 | $3,028 | -- |
| XL Ranch, LLC | $16,488 | $2,958 | -82.1% |
| Rosemond Ann Messer | $5,522 | $2,925 | -47% |
| Sophia Messer | $5,258 | $2,885 | -45.1% |
| Douglas K. Hollowell | $14,058 | $2,857 | -79.7% |
| Allen Scott Wetherelt | $1,209 | $2,767 | 128.9% |
| Hansen Ranch | $1,361 | $2,686 | 97.4% |
| Glenda J Schemenaur | $232 | $2,684 | 1,056.9% |
| Justin Yablonski | $12,001 | $2,546 | -78.8% |
| Leon Sioux | $6,688 | $2,445 | -63.4% |
| Mark Decock | $11,374 | $2,433 | -78.6% |
| Richard Thompson | $3,952 | $2,409 | -39% |
| D & S Agri Interests | $5,142 | $2,310 | -55.1% |
| Leo R. Decock | $9,559 | $2,080 | -78.2% |
| Jay T. Martin | $13,173 | $1,974 | -85% |
| Mickell Cattle Company | $15,156 | $1,958 | -87.1% |
| Zachary R. Bailey | $6,776 | $1,955 | -71.1% |
| Larry Quinlan | $2,588 | $1,948 | -24.7% |
| G&S Cattle, LLC | $16,988 | $1,932 | -88.6% |
| Thomas Twedt | $7,865 | $1,927 | -75.5% |
| Kenneth G. Pratt | $8,224 | $1,916 | -76.7% |
| Yoshi Shirasago | $542 | $1,750 | 222.9% |
| Roger D. McCaffree | $6,281 | $1,664 | -73.5% |
| Kelly Cardwell | $1,088 | $1,607 | 47.7% |
| Dona Jellison | $1,751 | $1,560 | -10.9% |
| Timothy Gallagher Lohof | $7,887 | $1,499 | -81% |
| Marvin W Quinlan SR Estate | $7,425 | $1,486 | -80% |
| Corbin James Small-Fisher | $6,314 | $1,416 | -77.6% |
| Norris Shane Marshall Cole | $7,068 | $1,414 | -80% |
| Zane Montgomery | $2,127 | $1,397 | -34.3% |
| David T. Jensen | $3,168 | $1,378 | -56.5% |
| Bette K. Nelson | $798 | $1,325 | 66% |
| Robert Jones | $6,237 | $1,304 | -79.1% |
| Fred Small | $7,040 | $1,293 | -81.6% |
| Duane Yablonski | $5,742 | $1,203 | -79% |
| Ryne T. Harris | $5,016 | $1,202 | -76% |
| William F Schwarzkoph | $2,358 | $1,200 | -49.1% |
| Catherine Hansen | $5,346 | $1,193 | -77.7% |
| Bernard Hansen | $5,258 | $1,176 | -77.6% |
| Austin Donnelly | $6,380 | $1,091 | -82.9% |
| Randy Batey | $9,178 | $1,090 | -88.1% |
| Cameron Leonhardt | $5,016 | $1,085 | -78.4% |
| Merry Quinlan | $2,794 | $1,053 | -62.3% |
| Ryhal Bertha Nicole Rowland | $3,091 | $925 | -70.1% |
| Shelly Vocu | $4,268 | $917 | -78.5% |
| Lynda Montgomery | $2,891 | $916 | -68.3% |
| Helen Woods | $4,235 | $910 | -78.5% |
| Bert Woods | $4,400 | $900 | -79.5% |
| Garrett Richard Grefe | $0 | $859 | -- |
| Ronald P. Storlie | $2,365 | $858 | -63.7% |
| Shane Snodgrass Wheeler | $4,422 | $848 | -80.8% |
| Larry C. Hill | $2,426 | $824 | -66% |
| Billy Joe Schiffer | $3,630 | $728 | -79.9% |
| Agnes Warner Family Trust | $1,285 | $719 | -44% |
| Karen Anderson | $0 | $712 | -- |
| Omer A. Krueger | $2,948 | $695 | -76.4% |
| Sheila A. Ball | $657 | $649 | -1.2% |
| Nyla E. Redding | $1,408 | $614 | -56.4% |
| Michial Ray Myers | $0 | $591 | -- |
| Robert Snook | $0 | $578 | -- |
| Monty Rowland | $2,624 | $557 | -78.8% |
| Joe Ford | $0 | $545 | -- |
| David A. Bierlein | $2,189 | $481 | -78% |
| Kelci Bends | $2,035 | $470 | -76.9% |
| Pauline Nile | $6,055 | $467 | -92.3% |
| Steven Nile | $6,055 | $467 | -92.3% |
| Carin A. Larsen | $8,885 | $442 | -95% |
| Teegan Trusler | $2,200 | $440 | -80% |
| Teajay Fulton | $1,221 | $416 | -65.9% |
| Kelly McDaniel | $2,508 | $412 | -83.6% |
| Dillon J. Conway | $0 | $384 | -- |
| Travis Decock | $1,100 | $360 | -67.3% |
| Schwarzkopf Farms | $696 | $344 | -50.6% |
| Matthew Haus | $2,068 | $343 | -83.4% |
| Craig Steinbach | $1,182 | $339 | -71.3% |
| Christopher Watson | $1,683 | $326 | -80.6% |
| Robert Delattre | $0 | $279 | -- |
| Dustin D. Martens | $1,243 | $260 | -79.1% |
| Mariska Fulton | $808 | $260 | -67.8% |
| Richard E. Spang | $1,389 | $222 | -84% |
| Nicholas L. Metcalfe | $627 | $211 | -66.3% |
| Sonia R. Messer | $825 | $185 | -77.6% |
| Susan Hert | $429 | $163 | -62% |
| Rodney Studiner | $396 | $146 | -63.1% |
| Tanner L. Batey | $704 | $138 | -80.4% |
| Tamara Robertson | $508 | $119 | -76.6% |
| Clint Pratt | $572 | $114 | -80.1% |
| Timothy Fulton | $297 | $114 | -61.6% |
| Michael L. Anderson | $539 | $105 | -80.5% |
| Lisa Dawn Rigby | $4,083 | $35 | -99.1% |
| Walker Small | $18,966 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Carrel | $3,905 | $0 | -100% |
| David Budd | $7,645 | $0 | -100% |
| Dooley, LLC | $2,451 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Graham Shroyer | $281 | $0 | -100% |
| Schillinger Land and Properties C | $441 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly Buckalew | $1,544 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis R. Johnson | $9,029 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Edward Robinson | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| First State Bank of Forsyth | $4,029 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett Grefe | $4,690 | $0 | -100% |
| Glen Leonhardt and Carla Leonhard | $116,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Harkis Agent, LLC | $108,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice K. Shaver | $20,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean K. Spannagel | $5,580 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Anderson | $2,937 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Gilje | $656 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Mees | $28,168 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Neiman-Neiman Family Revocab | $23,477 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Snook | $2,838 | $0 | -100% |
| Udee Creek, LLC | $3,268 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise Ella Betancourt | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Leticia Betancourt | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry L. Spang Sr. | $2,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Thornberg | $28,718 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Biery | $1,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Dusty J. Schiffer | $3,821 | $0 | -100% |
| Mildred J. Duncan | $1,428 | $0 | -100% |
| William E. Wingfield | $14,034 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,646,853 | $7,276,519 | -24.6% |
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