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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Custer County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Custer County received $5.2 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 318 farmers in cities within Custer County received a total of $9.9 million in 763 farm subsidies, a 34.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15.2 million in 893 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 Custer County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Singleton Farms$0$414,517--
Damian Joe Ballensky$77,073$246,419219.7%
H & H Farming$343,332$222,844-35.1%
Diamond J Cattle, LLC$445,111$216,953-51.3%
Phalen Ranch Company$174,393$195,56512.1%
Richard Kiekow$189,351$193,6742.3%
Michael David Ballensky$43,855$187,440327.4%
Terrett Ranch Company$86,748$160,15184.6%
Cassandra Lee Erickson$131,851$159,32220.8%
Griffin Ranch Company$160,710$159,069-1%
Fredrick D Wacker and Gwendolyn K Wacker$0$156,110--
Deadman Ranch, LLC$207,518$143,320-30.9%
Windancer Farms General Partnership$0$141,104--
Log Cabin Ranch, LLP$182,747$140,752-23%
Rieger Cattle Company$99,842$140,22040.4%
Crescent Cross Ranch, LLC$139,485$139,419-0%
Leaf Ranch, Inc.$136,800$134,072-2%
Glen French$226,928$132,588-41.6%
Drange Ranch, Inc.$119,257$129,4878.6%
Jason and Jennifer Hirsch$161,496$127,605-21%
Bice Ranch, LLC$316,822$119,397-62.3%
Brody J Erlenbusch$175,236$118,182-32.6%
Lewis John Krutzfeldt$0$112,871--
Karen Krutzfeldt$0$112,701--
Keystone Ranches, Inc.$134,255$111,484-17%
Keystone Ranches, Inc.$0$111,484--
Charles B. Moore$131,057$109,010-16.8%
B Quarter Circle Ranch, Inc.$132,219$108,258-18.1%
Erik Carl Peterson$112,945$98,003-13.2%
John Jones$93,516$96,9213.6%
Allen J. Nelson$25,689$96,492275.6%
Cole Michael Hirsch$46,714$95,204103.8%
John A. Beardsley$129,321$92,655-28.4%
Milliron Triangle Cattle$115,224$91,726-20.4%
Michael Haughian$86,515$89,4693.4%
Emmett Lee Mollman$66,359$86,08529.7%
Cross Four Cattle, LLC$157,894$83,529-47.1%
Walter C. Murray$84,694$83,108-1.9%
Murray Cattle, LLP$79,307$82,7764.4%
John Henry Beardsley$38,962$80,452106.5%
Charles D. Cavill$78,149$78,069-0.1%
David H Branger Etal PTR - Top Hat Livestock$0$77,959--
Balsam, Inc.$135,080$77,771-42.4%
Fred C Houzvicka$91,343$77,662-15%
Dru Burk$73,771$74,1770.6%
Cecil Brown Ranch Company$75,823$73,358-3.3%
B B & H Ranch Company$58,310$72,47124.3%
Michael F. Wacker$112,097$71,680-36.1%
Ronald R. Rooney$62,035$68,71410.8%
Clinton Stinson$69,564$67,887-2.4%
Angela Murray$0$66,332--
Leslie J. Hirsch$102,289$64,915-36.5%
Timothy Donnelly$60,340$59,983-0.6%
Pfaff Ranch, Inc.$163,978$59,421-63.8%
Swope Ranch, LLC$80,291$59,359-26.1%
Hofmann Ranch, Inc.$66,998$58,540-12.6%
Joe E. Nemitz$67,218$56,890-15.4%
Ashley R. Odonnell$96,203$56,547-41.2%
Daniel D. Doran$56,338$55,529-1.4%
Helland Farms, Inc.$75,571$55,329-26.8%
Northwest Farm Credit Services PCA$0$54,415--
Timothy C. Steadman$70,862$51,761-27%
Gary W. Rolf$70,304$51,088-27.3%
William C. Jones$42,137$49,92018.5%
Michael R. Davis$31,618$46,89348.3%
Tyler Linger$49,247$46,314-6%
Mark Fix$42,165$45,5288%
Larry E. McGill Jr.$24,703$45,40583.8%
Wayne Rolf$55,262$45,253-18.1%
John C. Schlepp$55,485$45,146-18.6%
Andrew W. Zook$48,710$44,368-8.9%
Medearis Cattle Company$64,822$42,958-33.7%
Alex Collie Jr.$23,810$42,78579.7%
Renner Livestock Company, LLC$42,291$41,665-1.5%
Leslie Farming, LLC$72,600$40,980-43.6%
Mark C. Pfaff$51,149$40,654-20.5%
John B. Viall$164,277$40,382-75.4%
Jesse Blankenship$53,152$39,866-25%
John Bruce Lockie$56,535$39,625-29.9%
Dean A. Gillette$36,962$39,2036.1%
Bickle Cattle Company$45,066$39,150-13.1%
Gray, Inc.$78,145$38,870-50.3%
Albert Paul$38,004$38,7782%
Seth Murnion$0$38,764--
Derick Singleton, LLC$15,162$38,748155.6%
Stockman Bank$764,044$37,948-95%
Kyle Shaw$57,437$37,732-34.3%
Clarence Joe Brown$39,589$37,059-6.4%
Breanna Harbaugh$37,781$35,915-4.9%
DDRTV, Inc.$42,445$35,022-17.5%
Lazy V, LLP$55,294$34,570-37.5%
Roxanne R. Harding$0$34,533--
Rodney Kelly$37,944$34,458-9.2%
Mark Ostendorf$25,949$33,97830.9%
Wayne Helland$69,446$33,723-51.4%
Jay F. Murnion$507,950$33,684-93.4%
Leland Ranch, Inc.$75,273$33,334-55.7%
Steadman's Ranch & Properties, LLC$43,275$32,222-25.5%
Joshua Morgan Shawver$0$31,917--
Moores Sunday CRK RNCH Company$22,902$31,06635.6%
Raymond Leatherberry$13,143$30,359131%
Walter Rolf$34,422$29,942-13%
Marc A. Aberg$26,557$29,57611.4%
Fred Drga$39,905$28,698-28.1%
Herzog & Son, Inc.$26,768$28,3415.9%
Bryce Huft$26,514$27,5393.9%
Betty L. Helland$56,012$26,514-52.7%
Red Butte Ranch$40,667$26,155-35.7%
Helm Hereford Ranch$45,057$26,005-42.3%
Clayton Schlepp$30,844$25,892-16.1%
Montgomery Lesh$100,550$25,462-74.7%
Ernest C. Bighorn Jr.$0$25,247--
David P. Leidholt$89,757$25,034-72.1%
Rawhide Ranch, Inc.$34,405$24,467-28.9%
Tyrel Huft$21,444$24,32213.4%
Loyd Ketchum$27,786$23,020-17.2%
Willow Creek Cattle Company, LLC$79,044$22,884-71%
Tyran W. Ketchum$27,830$22,721-18.4%
Charles H. Bumgardner$24,714$22,066-10.7%
McNamee Angus Ranch Lp$98,902$21,572-78.2%
James May$15,975$21,30333.4%
Vision Enterprises, LLC$64,498$21,279-67%
Eileen Rieger$21,553$19,937-7.5%
Ronald Duane Anderson$17,623$19,71711.9%
Meyer Real Esate, LLC$8,057$19,106137.1%
Nancy Lee Ayers$28,565$18,906-33.8%
Theodore Herzog$13,110$17,77235.6%
Kerry S. Erickson$78,705$17,131-78.2%
Taylor Beardsley$58,852$16,912-71.3%
Hat, LLC$70,474$16,644-76.4%
Linda Moore$17,061$16,430-3.7%
Ward Weidenbach$58,084$15,623-73.1%
Bart Meged$79,780$15,522-80.5%
Terry Lee Hoenke$0$15,328--
Z Hanging Y Livestock, LLC$51,608$15,309-70.3%
Michael W. Melin$33,386$15,064-54.9%
Alan G. Ballensky$15,418$15,021-2.6%
Cottonwood Creek Cattle, LLC$15,198$14,238-6.3%
Logan John Eayrs$12,362$13,96613%
Cap Rock Ranch, Inc.$20,716$13,938-32.7%
James Stacy Anderson$28,498$13,872-51.3%
Frederick Zook$61,582$13,445-78.2%
Hugo Muggli, Inc.$12,442$13,1896%
Jeffrey Allen Cahill$19,504$12,866-34%
Paul Feezell$13,255$12,840-3.1%
John A. Keenan Jr.$0$12,726--
Edward J. Bird$30,539$12,689-58.4%
Richard W. Gray$44,939$12,328-72.6%
Jeffery W Janshen$13,412$12,021-10.4%
Clinton Reil$30,184$11,873-60.7%
Dustin P. Davis$9,988$11,63416.5%
Lepisto Land & Cattle, LLC$16,488$11,557-29.9%
Newman Ayers Ranch, Inc.$17,734$11,260-36.5%
Susan Jean Moos$11,533$10,839-6%
Liscomb Creek Ranch, LLC$0$10,454--
E & L Livestock$9,512$9,8213.2%
I U Ranch, Inc.$2,421$9,156278.2%
Haven Meged$45,034$8,939-80.2%
Harms Livestock, Inc.$39,468$8,859-77.6%
Wade O. Olson$22,517$8,750-61.1%
2DO, LLC$7,290$8,71619.6%
Devin Joseph Begger$0$8,250--
The Tom & Margaret Blair Trust$36,223$7,868-78.3%
Brady Williams$19,118$7,506-60.7%
Raymond Harwood$34,782$7,317-79%
Clay R. Kincheloe$33,253$7,152-78.5%
Terry Omland$9,584$7,087-26.1%
Robert J. Gray$26,468$6,930-73.8%
Alec Robert Haughian$0$6,602--
John F. Witcher Jr.$68,075$6,588-90.3%
Shelley J. Freese$6,425$6,5542%
Nemitz Land & Livestock, LLC$9,562$6,529-31.7%
Jeffrey S. Okerman$7,347$6,447-12.2%
Bott Farms, LLC$9,415$6,368-32.4%
Darrell L. Harding$28,476$6,142-78.4%
Glenn J. Helland$12,527$6,128-51.1%
Christian J Lund Trust$11,951$6,123-48.8%
Cedar Hills Ranch, LLC$25,707$6,007-76.6%
John A. Wilkinson$13,596$5,959-56.2%
Ryan Rolf$29,195$5,720-80.4%
Scot A. Bryan$8,853$5,687-35.8%
Sarah Anne Peila Boucher$13,904$5,590-59.8%
Wyatt Preston Lesh$22,209$5,566-74.9%
Twitchell Cattle Company, Inc.$9,992$5,534-44.6%
Kevin A. Donnelly$6,980$5,490-21.3%
William Murray$4,113$5,48433.3%
George Sparks$25,223$5,206-79.4%
Lazy TL Ranch, Inc.$24,851$5,174-79.2%
Joyce Malley$3,963$5,04827.4%
Gerome H. Wemmer$28,641$4,934-82.8%
Steven Stickney$16,621$4,707-71.7%
Kenneth Michael Backes$12,724$4,706-63%
James Scheeler$3,355$4,48933.8%
Bradley J. Wheatcroft$18,607$4,465-76%
Lawrence Helland & Sons, Inc.$31,108$4,443-85.7%
Craig Miller$24,690$4,305-82.6%
Lazy D Bar Seven Ranch, Inc.$0$4,070--
Gary Ochsner$11,807$4,010-66%
William J. Woods$17,600$3,748-78.7%
Kevin James Bird$2,786$3,71533.3%
Jack L. Helland$3,702$3,7020%
Ronald D. Nansel$20,201$3,687-81.7%
Richard J. Anderson$3,377$3,6307.5%
Thomas J. Ketchum$7,082$3,594-49.3%
Thomas Mott$16,324$3,332-79.6%
Courtney Ayers$8,580$3,306-61.5%
Patricia Mott$15,620$3,282-79%
Ryan Schmeltzer$5,544$3,250-41.4%
Kay A. Aberg$15,154$3,150-79.2%
Nicole Jones$21,545$3,138-85.4%
Ryan Jones$21,647$3,138-85.5%
Rory Patrick Haughian$9,163$3,100-66.2%
Debbie Huft$14,575$3,093-78.8%
Putnam E. Farms$3,342$3,055-8.6%
Cade Alan Bott$0$3,013--
Toennis, Inc.$3,912$3,009-23.1%
Bill Harding$14,102$3,004-78.7%
Bird Farm, LLC$2,248$2,99733.3%
Emmett Willson$14,498$2,938-79.7%
Herzog Land & Livestock, LLC$2,558$2,89213.1%
Frederick D. Moore$83,417$2,626-96.9%
Jason R. Stevenson$14,775$2,492-83.1%
Weidenbach Farms, LLC$2,521$2,473-1.9%
Shane D. Rehm$14,716$2,469-83.2%
Beverly Hutchinson$2,145$2,46414.9%
Jacob D. Dauenhauer$10,307$2,463-76.1%
Edward C. Mott$11,891$2,442-79.5%
Timothy W. Clauson$35,152$2,439-93.1%
Sara Rehm$14,595$2,426-83.4%
Signal Butte Livestock, LLC$13,723$2,399-82.5%
Joseph A. Peila Jr.$11,352$2,384-79%
James A. Zimmerman$1,486$2,36859.4%
Marilyn May$12,132$2,332-80.8%
John P Zumpf$7,987$2,280-71.5%
Michael C. Swope$9,570$2,275-76.2%
L & M Livestock, LLC$47,191$2,258-95.2%
Julie E. Nowicki$14,033$2,202-84.3%
Brian Nowicki$13,726$2,170-84.2%
Kacie Jo Eayrs$9,876$2,134-78.4%
Ross H. Murray$12,173$2,118-82.6%
Richard Brewer$0$2,098--
Justin Buffington$9,878$2,044-79.3%
Eugene Mothershead$9,504$1,926-79.7%
Elsie Wolff Revocable Trust$3,089$1,636-47%
Brian W. Nansel$9,590$1,588-83.4%
Maynard Borner$3,960$1,588-59.9%
Kaci Herzog$7,403$1,581-78.6%
Gregg Nielsen$1,526$1,5260%
John - John Paul Zumpf Revocable Living P Zumpf$0$1,519--
Lawrence M. Nayes$4,318$1,505-65.1%
Prewitt Trust$2,478$1,444-41.7%
Cameron Lundby$5,729$1,439-74.9%
Ryan James Haughian$6,798$1,432-78.9%
Karl Drga$6,182$1,384-77.6%
Patrick R. Linger$6,105$1,379-77.4%
James Harding$3,496$1,225-65%
Peppermint Angus, LLC$10,910$1,211-88.9%
John Mott$6,688$1,133-83.1%
Rusty Joe Phalen$4,675$1,101-76.4%
Niedge Livestock, LLC$17,581$1,048-94%
John R Klaboe$8,040$1,040-87.1%
Daniel R. Fox$4,906$1,033-78.9%
Rose S. Larowe$5,239$988-81.1%
Shane Hirsch$1,825$953-47.8%
Jana Leininger$4,741$949-80%
James A. Bott$1,431$946-33.9%
Patricia D. Wiseman$850$8500%
James B. Pentecost$10,893$847-92.2%
Jeremy Lee Hoover$3,586$727-79.7%
Myrtle M. Herzog$1,540$709-54%
Jeffrey S. McGuire$0$680--
Joseph Kiel$3,971$666-83.2%
Robert Kincheloe$4,232$657-84.5%
Debbie L. Weyer$4,307$651-84.9%
Jack Larson$3,085$636-79.4%
Rosanne Rieger$863$625-27.6%
Kathryn Dyba$597$5970%
Nicki Hilliard$3,003$588-80.4%
Patrick J. Phalen$2,838$568-80%
Keith Hoover$2,849$547-80.8%
Gene Moos$1,089$533-51.1%
Orvell R Kohones$1,005$516-48.7%
Dax Robert Muri$3,020$502-83.4%
Glen M. Power$0$498--
Kelsey Elizabeth Aye$2,156$495-77%
Glade Land & Cattle$14,788$488-96.7%
Alfred L. Jordan$2,838$468-83.5%
Lindsay Lerud$3,604$457-87.3%
Gordon E. Sweet$3,576$413-88.5%
Sandra Mcfarland Hays$532$398-25.2%
Keith H. Harwood$0$395--
Debra Phillips$2,931$391-86.7%
James Hill$1,841$387-79%
Jacob Tanner Swope$1,815$382-79%
Mark G. Bloxham$891$372-58.2%
Montana Producers, LLC$512$366-28.5%
Pearl M. Lund$0$358--
Warren C. Venable$0$356--
Lucille R. Ronning$189$31164.6%
Douglas W. Gaskill$535$294-45%
Clyde Mickey McFarland$0$292--
K and J Properties, LLC$0$276--
James Patrick Beardsley$1,122$246-78.1%
Jake Flanigan$1,299$234-82%
Jordan R. Larson$1,285$232-81.9%
Janshen Farmland, LLC$166$21630.1%
Danny Maag$869$173-80.1%
Gene Derenburger$693$159-77.1%
Benjamin Chase Herzog$726$146-79.9%
Delores Steiner Gaskill$341$141-58.7%
Hope Marie Huft$748$138-81.6%
Dana D. Jerke$212$109-48.6%
Craig Harding$1,054$106-89.9%
Russell S Helmts$290$106-63.4%
Joann Hoverson$167$102-38.9%
Todd Larowe$0$94--
Amanda Gustad$451$90-80%
Raymond Roesler$107$72-32.7%
Devin Joseph Begger$13,970$0-100%
Jeremy W. Robertus$15,334$0-100%
Bette K. Nelson$517$0-100%
Byron Hould$6,532$0-100%
Clare Marie Doran$1,054$0-100%
Clay Schlepp$2,024$0-100%
David H Branger Etal PTR - Top Ha$100,495$0-100%
Dick Brewer$11,264$0-100%
Douglas R. McLean$1,320$0-100%
Ella Mae Howard$83$0-100%
Estate of Jay D Ochsner$813$0-100%
Estate of Katherine Doeden$1,171$0-100%
Felton Angus Ranch, Inc.$99,531$0-100%
Floyd Wallace Gabel$16,664$0-100%
Fredrick D Wacker and Gwendolyn K$1,038,230$0-100%
Gerald Ellis$250,000$0-100%
Homer Williams$2,585$0-100%
Innovative Farms$55,004$0-100%
Jacob J. Wimmer$144$0-100%
Jimmy Harding$2,323$0-100%
Josh M. Shawver$38,237$0-100%
Lavern Erlenbusch$19,809$0-100%
Mac Robert Fraser$62,040$0-100%
Michial Ray Myers$1,826$0-100%
Mickie Cole$13,300$0-100%
Northwest Farm Credit Services, PC$172,097$0-100%
Philip Leidholt, Inc.$2,458$0-100%
Ralph McWilliams$3,250$0-100%
Roger Donsbach$38,280$0-100%
Ronning Ranch$10,588$0-100%
Rory Bifoss$2,733$0-100%
Russell D. Irion$3,080$0-100%
Sharon Meyer$1,464$0-100%
Solaris Feeders$12,428$0-100%
Steven Lackman$67,574$0-100%
Steven Reitz$14,179$0-100%
Thomas Venable$4,594$0-100%
Virginia Kay Ronning$16,761$0-100%
XL Land & Livestock, Inc.$254,244$0-100%
Total subsidies$15,165,338$9,943,055-34.4%

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