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In 2021, 137 farmers in cities within Prairie County received a total of $4.1 million in 382 farm subsidies, a 41.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7 million in 417 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beefland, Inc. | $260,984 | $245,395 | -6% |
| Haidle Farms, Inc. | $198,479 | $147,001 | -25.9% |
| Tibbetts Agland, LLC | $234,990 | $141,425 | -39.8% |
| Kalfell Ranch, Inc. | $194,279 | $139,286 | -28.3% |
| Poppe Livestock, LLC | $175,206 | $132,638 | -24.3% |
| Jesse Smalis | $130,447 | $107,664 | -17.5% |
| Grant L. Peterson | $64,886 | $95,082 | 46.5% |
| Sackman, Inc. | $110,556 | $94,402 | -14.6% |
| Christ Dennis Hjorth | $22,024 | $94,146 | 327.5% |
| Hjorth, Inc. | $117,745 | $89,930 | -23.6% |
| Devlin Ranch Company | $90,797 | $85,093 | -6.3% |
| Fluss Ranch, Inc. | $90,220 | $83,008 | -8% |
| Stagg Honey Company & Pollination Services, LLC | $0 | $79,578 | -- |
| Q Livestock Company | $94,094 | $78,018 | -17.1% |
| Timothy Gibbs | $200,542 | $76,790 | -61.7% |
| L-7 Ranch, Inc. | $71,231 | $75,204 | 5.6% |
| Karen Jean Stockett | $84,013 | $70,884 | -15.6% |
| Cherry Creek Ranch | $76,917 | $69,262 | -10% |
| Delynn Meidinger | $78,921 | $65,671 | -16.8% |
| Cody Meidinger | $78,659 | $65,635 | -16.6% |
| Daniel B. Harrington | $65,914 | $64,483 | -2.2% |
| Alan Mathiason | $78,400 | $63,882 | -18.5% |
| Gordon R. Stickel | $51,755 | $63,654 | 23% |
| Laurie A. Gibbs | $165,351 | $63,601 | -61.5% |
| Lorin Hamlin Larsen | $53,539 | $63,146 | 17.9% |
| Eayrs Ranch, LLC | $81,511 | $58,053 | -28.8% |
| Badlands Cattle Company | $53,586 | $56,238 | 4.9% |
| Pat O'Neill | $59,959 | $55,401 | -7.6% |
| Lewis Ler | $70,818 | $55,326 | -21.9% |
| Krise Ranch, Inc. | $100,658 | $51,987 | -48.4% |
| Robert Dolatta | $59,912 | $49,669 | -17.1% |
| Clark Cameron | $129,544 | $49,405 | -61.9% |
| Ben Pehl | $91 | $45,534 | 49,937.4% |
| Tibbetts Ranch, Inc. | $35,248 | $45,132 | 28% |
| Sackman-Morast, Inc. | $24,697 | $44,200 | 79% |
| Harold Peabody | $49,097 | $44,160 | -10.1% |
| Bradley Clabe Marshall | $43,565 | $43,611 | 0.1% |
| Mark P Schritz Cross S Ranch Revocable Trust | $0 | $42,386 | -- |
| Grue Ranch, Inc. | $45,079 | $42,359 | -6% |
| Jeremy Allen Fowler | $34,311 | $40,422 | 17.8% |
| Franko Ranch | $56,480 | $39,264 | -30.5% |
| Dustin Mathiason | $61,040 | $38,584 | -36.8% |
| Sheep Mountain Ranch, Inc. | $45,610 | $38,417 | -15.8% |
| Mcaulay Ranch Company | $46,161 | $36,944 | -20% |
| Morast Farms, Inc. | $44,590 | $36,918 | -17.2% |
| Rakes Farms, LLC | $27,600 | $34,911 | 26.5% |
| Robert B. Reukauf | $36,770 | $34,728 | -5.6% |
| Andrew J. Pehl | $44,452 | $33,449 | -24.8% |
| Last Drink Ranch, LLC | $51,758 | $33,212 | -35.8% |
| Alroy Solle | $45,074 | $30,183 | -33% |
| Vadnae L Greenfield | $26,732 | $29,172 | 9.1% |
| Roderick Gibbs | $108,737 | $27,696 | -74.5% |
| Kim J. Keltner | $220,733 | $26,542 | -88% |
| Allen Lachenmaier | $31,907 | $26,282 | -17.6% |
| Homestead Cattle Company, LLC | $48,027 | $26,220 | -45.4% |
| Maryln Vogele | $17,589 | $25,004 | 42.2% |
| Thousand Hills Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $23,111 | -- |
| William S. Tusler | $33,563 | $22,379 | -33.3% |
| Harold Gaub | $24,033 | $20,740 | -13.7% |
| John P. Roos | $15,837 | $20,167 | 27.3% |
| Marty Sackman | $28,126 | $20,047 | -28.7% |
| Willard L. Unruh | $64,731 | $19,756 | -69.5% |
| Shane L. Eaton | $27,662 | $19,593 | -29.2% |
| Timothy Lee Ehman | $0 | $19,520 | -- |
| Barb Smalis | $17,817 | $18,181 | 2% |
| US Bar Ranch, Inc. | $30,327 | $17,275 | -43% |
| Glenn T. Pehl | $18,736 | $16,319 | -12.9% |
| Tammy Ward | $5,594 | $15,918 | 184.6% |
| Donald R. Ulrich | $16,517 | $15,172 | -8.1% |
| Kurt D. Ulrich | $16,539 | $15,155 | -8.4% |
| Kuehn Ranch Company | $15,786 | $13,915 | -11.9% |
| Brian Morast | $18,406 | $13,897 | -24.5% |
| Paul Koppenhaver | $14,162 | $13,078 | -7.7% |
| Marvin Wallace | $17,293 | $11,497 | -33.5% |
| Timothy W. Kortum | $20,154 | $10,367 | -48.6% |
| Lapp Farm | $13,816 | $10,002 | -27.6% |
| Homestead Farms, LLC | $11,928 | $8,211 | -31.2% |
| Jeff Wallace | $12,392 | $7,900 | -36.2% |
| Ross Delbert Hoffer | $15,853 | $7,477 | -52.8% |
| Aaron Benard Martinson | $11,693 | $7,411 | -36.6% |
| Finneman Farm, Inc. | $10,318 | $6,086 | -41% |
| Thane W. Reukauf | $28,259 | $5,708 | -79.8% |
| Hess Ranch, Inc. | $8,070 | $5,314 | -34.2% |
| Feickert Farms, LLC | $12,945 | $5,271 | -59.3% |
| Larry W. Bond | $2,618 | $5,144 | 96.5% |
| Harold Wallace | $9,798 | $4,941 | -49.6% |
| Mary D. Bucher | $7,736 | $4,721 | -39% |
| Brennan Haughian | $20,415 | $4,511 | -77.9% |
| Michael Hoagland | $6,453 | $4,477 | -30.6% |
| Raymond Sprandel | $4,477 | $4,290 | -4.2% |
| Theodore P. Evertz | $4,951 | $4,162 | -15.9% |
| Linda Holman | $15,192 | $4,111 | -72.9% |
| Daniel Thomason | $20,581 | $4,090 | -80.1% |
| Leslie G. Thomason | $20,581 | $4,090 | -80.1% |
| Cody Holman | $14,928 | $4,071 | -72.7% |
| Brown Ranch | $8,165 | $4,059 | -50.3% |
| Bad Route Cattle, LLC | $11,777 | $4,046 | -65.6% |
| Mickie Cole | $0 | $3,882 | -- |
| Jacquelyn R. Schilke | $7,997 | $3,758 | -53% |
| Diane S. Ehman | $3,456 | $3,695 | 6.9% |
| Diane S. Ehman | $0 | $3,695 | -- |
| Stickel/Meldahl | $10,714 | $3,564 | -66.7% |
| Arlen Miller | $5,764 | $3,339 | -42.1% |
| Irene Moffett | $8,930 | $2,140 | -76% |
| Delite Dukart | $4,851 | $1,736 | -64.2% |
| Adele Lukaszewicz | $3,430 | $1,723 | -49.8% |
| Linda Strasheim | $1,301 | $1,346 | 3.5% |
| Jeanne Smalis | $4,247 | $1,240 | -70.8% |
| Myron Underberg | $11,269 | $1,215 | -89.2% |
| Penny Haughian | $3,652 | $1,208 | -66.9% |
| Edmund J. Reilly | $2,780 | $1,175 | -57.7% |
| Larry L. Truscott | $0 | $1,164 | -- |
| Rebecca Buxcel | $1,330 | $1,158 | -12.9% |
| Tyrel L. Rose | $5,423 | $1,129 | -79.2% |
| Eileen Nielsen | $5,269 | $1,077 | -79.6% |
| Monte Eayrs | $2,128 | $1,041 | -51.1% |
| Chay Hamlin Larsen | $5,236 | $1,004 | -80.8% |
| Kelsey Dee Crawford | $4,503 | $989 | -78% |
| Thomas E. Ulrich | $0 | $987 | -- |
| Faye Rankin | $4,323 | $936 | -78.3% |
| Mikel D. Householder | $5,033 | $914 | -81.8% |
| Tracey R. Dion | $0 | $866 | -- |
| Susan Haughian Waples | $6,966 | $829 | -88.1% |
| Corcoran Ranch, LLC | $1,639 | $816 | -50.2% |
| Danielle Gibbs | $3,245 | $776 | -76.1% |
| Bailey Gibbs | $2,827 | $759 | -73.2% |
| Western Blue Properties, LLC | $325 | $735 | 126.2% |
| Helen Chapman | $2,530 | $639 | -74.7% |
| Lee Ranch | $17,690 | $618 | -96.5% |
| Donald Self | $1,132 | $567 | -49.9% |
| Jerry D Smalis | $14,148 | $338 | -97.6% |
| Tim Krebsbach | $2,112 | $279 | -86.8% |
| Beau Gibbs | $1,356 | $266 | -80.4% |
| Donald G. Gaub | $1,993 | $256 | -87.2% |
| Roger David Fowler | $638 | $138 | -78.4% |
| Kyle Tusler | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Ronald Schultz | $1,482 | $70 | -95.3% |
| Darlene L. Strobel | $5,708 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Lee Ehman | $12,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Ban Ranch, Inc. | $7,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia A. Tusler | $496 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $23,783 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn C. Heitz | $492 | $0 | -100% |
| James Schilling | $218 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel R. Fuhrman | $545 | $0 | -100% |
| John Henry Beardsley | $69,751 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan G. Graham | $7,942 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorin Larsen | $2,663 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark P Schritz | $47,847 | $0 | -100% |
| Stockman Bank | $181,411 | $0 | -100% |
| T Squared Agent, LLC | $17,478 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracey R. Feickert | $8,229 | $0 | -100% |
| Vermilion Ranch | $1,284,597 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,981,013 | $4,094,620 | -41.3% |
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