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The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Walworth County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Walworth County received $9 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 359 farmers in cities within Walworth County received a total of $10.9 million in 981 farm subsidies, a 45.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $19.8 million in 1,320 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 Walworth County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Lazy TV Ranch$696,500$447,943-35.7%
Fiedler Farms, Inc.$431,249$267,611-37.9%
Todd David Wagner$232,716$206,018-11.5%
Ch Skip Rau$302,365$172,856-42.8%
Marlin Berens$166,352$157,852-5.1%
Vogel Farm$351,876$155,363-55.8%
Jason Berens$149,493$147,961-1%
Patrick Starks$74,911$133,35678%
Schlomer Bros$321,295$131,771-59%
Benjamin L. Banik$119,315$130,4139.3%
Triple U Cattle, Inc.$146,413$129,131-11.8%
L & L Ranch, Inc.$190,100$129,041-32.1%
Marty Lawrence$48,334$124,013156.6%
Robert D. Banik$112,492$120,0656.7%
Daryl Thompson$121,196$117,161-3.3%
David L Witlock$180,254$103,090-42.8%
Leo T. Vojta$266,667$102,927-61.4%
Jfrey, Inc.$238,426$100,003-58.1%
JC Farms, Inc.$227,029$96,634-57.4%
Brad Vander Vorst, Inc.$124,133$95,330-23.2%
Dan D. Beaman$144,819$94,638-34.7%
Royce A. Ritter$160,978$94,496-41.3%
Rory Thorstenson$137,468$93,078-32.3%
Russell Farms, Inc.$316,571$91,759-71%
Jennifer Jewett-Schoelerman$38,979$90,667132.6%
Kent C. Hughes$121,215$89,722-26%
Sawinsky, Inc.$240,348$89,511-62.8%
J Diamond T, Inc.$117,477$87,575-25.5%
Berens Farm, Inc.$170,011$85,895-49.5%
Allen Leroy Walth$82,064$83,0881.2%
Robert Ducheneaux$58,414$81,32639.2%
A C Land and Cattle Company$93,357$80,861-13.4%
Opheim Farms$175,671$76,419-56.5%
Scott Rau$190,208$75,976-60.1%
Kip L. Lutz$129,177$74,391-42.4%
Lori Ann Lutz$126,042$73,606-41.6%
Rodney Ruzsa$112,840$73,270-35.1%
V M Zabels, Inc.$215,332$70,683-67.2%
Stuart Johnson$38,902$70,06180.1%
Kent Anderson$173,251$69,763-59.7%
Stiegelmeier Farms, Inc.$114,191$68,395-40.1%
Howe Seeds, Inc.$102,733$68,390-33.4%
Bob L. Schaefer$163,175$67,897-58.4%
Cody L. Thompson$118,493$67,880-42.7%
Rau Farm, Inc.$160,905$63,721-60.4%
Mark J Rubida$52,099$63,18021.3%
Lyle Perman$52,630$62,47618.7%
Steven L. Gill$143,523$60,228-58%
Green Valley Stock Farm, Inc.$123,278$58,736-52.4%
Brian Gill$143,537$57,980-59.6%
Bo Land, Inc.$119,811$57,887-51.7%
Larue Moak$68,110$55,807-18.1%
Roger Aberle$72,483$55,661-23.2%
Duane Zabel$157,455$55,180-65%
Steve Zabel$157,432$55,180-64.9%
Vaughn Spiry$66,892$54,736-18.2%
Corey Albert Sandmeier$260,430$54,481-79.1%
Michael Hirsch$186,963$53,864-71.2%
Rose Ann Zabel$155,931$53,656-65.6%
Tricia Zabel$155,908$53,656-65.6%
John Rygh$103,979$53,586-48.5%
Wesley Moser$188,438$52,090-72.4%
Gosch Farms, Inc.$118,078$51,665-56.2%
Paul C. Amdahl$25,314$50,07497.8%
QR Schlomer, Inc.$148,704$50,026-66.4%
Linda C. Beaman$49,963$49,9630%
Garnet Perman$0$49,666--
Craig Rau$98,177$48,988-50.1%
Dale Gill$166,427$48,496-70.9%
Levi Vander Vorst$114,464$46,587-59.3%
Tim Ruzsa$64,137$46,041-28.2%
Jason J. Keller$87,806$45,848-47.8%
Glen Anderson$125,426$45,180-64%
Ronald Giese, Inc.$72,681$45,164-37.9%
Jason W. Rabenberg$80,709$45,121-44.1%
Ralph Kulm$78,547$44,432-43.4%
Rich G. Fiedler$36,045$43,53020.8%
Jerry Olson$88,030$43,524-50.6%
Fred Dubray$45,828$43,117-5.9%
Gerhard Giese$68,093$42,957-36.9%
Hanson Horseshoe Ranch$89,132$42,954-51.8%
Todd L. Ulmer$85,619$42,738-50.1%
Hard Rock Hills, Inc.$90,357$42,246-53.2%
Lazy S, Inc.$39,946$42,2025.6%
Ronald W. Fiedler$79,249$42,192-46.8%
Mary Kristin Rabenberg$41,928$41,737-0.5%
Mobridge Livestock Market, Inc.$109,824$41,424-62.3%
Shannon Goldade$79,242$41,044-48.2%
LS Farms, Inc.$102,733$40,353-60.7%
Wade Sandland$51,128$40,089-21.6%
Douglas Frank$43,541$40,062-8%
Schneider Ranch, Inc.$124,576$39,877-68%
Bernard Stulken$44,636$39,316-11.9%
Patricia M. Lawrence$23,401$38,93266.4%
Jestin Jack Schilling$54,596$38,268-29.9%
Kenneth Ray Brockel$58,613$38,057-35.1%
Marilyn Faith Brockel$58,613$38,057-35.1%
Toby Biel$105,043$37,655-64.2%
Harry I. Krause$0$36,426--
Todd Virgil Biel$62,878$36,415-42.1%
Rabenberg Family Farm, LLP$35,890$35,8900%
Todd Clifford Ducheneaux$0$35,873--
South Park Farms, Inc.$80,718$35,333-56.2%
Scott Ulmer$60,383$35,314-41.5%
David A. Kulm$111,303$34,723-68.8%
Schilling Farms, Inc.$71,970$34,678-51.8%
Richard Osterday$70,684$34,236-51.6%
Kevin Kosel$268,894$33,907-87.4%
Ralph Rabenberg$32,460$33,7764.1%
Marlys Starks$0$33,607--
James A. Schanzenbach$88,919$33,482-62.3%
Tanner Ulmer$38,718$33,285-14%
Robert L. Seyer$49,964$32,859-34.2%
Marty A. Raba$81,245$32,369-60.2%
Arvyn Spiry$74,531$32,195-56.8%
Schanzenbach Farms, Inc.$71,476$31,596-55.8%
Roger L. Volzke$24,211$31,54130.3%
Richard W. Randall$77,720$31,528-59.4%
Marlow J. Schaffer$51,753$31,146-39.8%
Luke Mowrer$34,490$30,758-10.8%
Christopher Bohlander$13,194$30,628132.1%
Elizabeth Salverson$84,930$30,368-64.2%
Evan Levor Salverson$84,929$30,367-64.2%
Nathan Huffman$145,383$30,320-79.1%
Jared Gill$24,960$30,30921.4%
Arlyn Lawrence$35,167$29,418-16.3%
Kellie Borth$27,653$29,3806.2%
Collin J. Brockel$43,050$29,327-31.9%
Allen T. Bohle$29,205$29,2050%
David Huffman$28,841$28,092-2.6%
Jason Brockel, Inc.$41,214$27,681-32.8%
Lloyd Campbell$8,087$27,677242.2%
Patrick Ballensky$77,083$27,078-64.9%
Don Stulken$37,064$26,834-27.6%
Patrick Thorstenson$98,274$26,631-72.9%
Lowell Anderson$66,821$26,414-60.5%
Jesse Hubner$206,134$26,339-87.2%
Cody Richard Ritter$59,120$25,667-56.6%
Todd Goetz$56,085$25,517-54.5%
Randy Irvin Boggs$23,521$25,5088.4%
Scott C. Zambo$46,303$25,383-45.2%
Bauer Farms, LLC$48,364$25,302-47.7%
Gregg Mowrer$25,425$25,222-0.8%
Dewayne Zambo$46,307$25,174-45.6%
Steve Schneider Jr.$40,200$24,559-38.9%
Max Schott$47,653$24,495-48.6%
Hager Ranch Company, LLC$193,372$24,472-87.3%
William P. Thorstenson$101,366$24,363-76%
Marley Steiger$54,158$24,294-55.1%
RR Steiger, Inc.$60,715$24,294-60%
Kelly Landis$28,871$24,271-15.9%
Robert Stangl$25,689$23,981-6.6%
Doug Sieck$84,210$23,638-71.9%
Triple T Enterprises, Inc.$55,451$23,395-57.8%
Claude Olson$65,678$23,213-64.7%
Bonnie Thorstenson$22,970$22,9700%
Don Aberle$29,909$22,833-23.7%
Kody Lesmeister$6,882$22,826231.7%
Kenneth P. Rau$41,265$22,387-45.7%
Kim D. Hollenbeck$23,007$21,774-5.4%
Chance J. Wientjes$75,137$21,683-71.1%
Darin Thorstenson$80,494$21,398-73.4%
Joseph Tanner Hepper$22,908$20,681-9.7%
Chloe Stulken$20,623$20,6230%
Jerry Oxner$22,301$20,288-9%
Greg Thompson$47,431$20,180-57.5%
Hager River Ranch Company, LLC$219,345$19,555-91.1%
Virginia A. Hager$35,555$19,407-45.4%
Lane Rau$33,468$19,382-42.1%
Mabel Ulmer$19,322$19,3220%
Masteller Farms, LLC$53,712$19,215-64.2%
Oscar D. Prasek Jr.$19,185$19,1850%
Phyllis Prasek$19,185$19,1850%
Michael Vander Vorst$50,699$18,431-63.6%
Rio Jay Jones$25,300$18,421-27.2%
Deb Lawrence$18,766$18,262-2.7%
Le'Ann Bender$28,934$17,860-38.3%
Vanessie Jost$17,792$17,7920%
Rebecca L. Walth$15,963$17,5129.7%
Mary Jane Anderson$7,967$16,920112.4%
Brian Ray Brockel$70,986$16,725-76.4%
Nick's Repair, Inc.$34,646$16,591-52.1%
Miriam A. Hughes$14,415$16,56114.9%
Jesse Krein$25,995$16,288-37.3%
Tanya Huffman$15,565$16,1834%
Larry Thompson$17,418$16,009-8.1%
Dale Perman$20,095$15,790-21.4%
Brian Beaman$15,171$15,6953.5%
Throw Back Farms$25,938$15,619-39.8%
Myrtle Schilling$16,844$15,117-10.3%
Rj Lakota Lee Lebeau$18,157$14,484-20.2%
Charles Salverson$35,138$14,446-58.9%
Janine R. Salverson$35,138$14,446-58.9%
Marin Farm, Inc.$14,919$14,374-3.7%
Tate C. Mowrer$16,598$14,356-13.5%
Speidel, Inc.$16,420$14,148-13.8%
Bill H. Rosin$14,391$13,926-3.2%
Giese Farm, Inc.$35,678$13,899-61%
Jayden Ducheneaux$16,203$13,856-14.5%
Julie Rosin$13,800$13,8000%
Houck Livestock, Inc.$39,535$13,480-65.9%
Just K. Fiddler$10,703$13,40325.2%
Paul Miller$12,330$13,3438.2%
Kathryn Bohle$13,258$13,2580%
Alexander Lawrence$16,093$12,689-21.2%
David A. Stiegelmeier$38,342$12,584-67.2%
Kent Lahren$18,711$12,565-32.8%
Thomas A. Owens$12,909$12,315-4.6%
Ramona Krause$12,294$12,2940%
Dennis A. Schneider$15,621$12,169-22.1%
Marlene Ritter$12,143$12,1430%
Corey Eberhart$105,021$12,045-88.5%
Blue Blanket Organics, Inc.$28,629$12,045-57.9%
Leroy Dubray$29,893$12,020-59.8%
Jasa Brockel$10,203$11,98817.5%
Roger Hirsch$34,374$11,945-65.2%
Levi Goetz$18,196$11,805-35.1%
Blane Osterday$23,877$11,786-50.6%
Melissa Carter$31,078$11,228-63.9%
Todd Landis$12,750$11,215-12%
Donald-Donald D Goetz Joint Rev Living T D Goetz$0$10,933--
Mark Stiegelmeier$8,553$10,86627%
Loren Kulm$16,409$10,805-34.2%
John R. Forward$10,737$10,7370%
Nyla Moak$10,549$10,5490%
Emily Stiegelmeier$12,327$10,468-15.1%
Wilford E. Secker$22,906$10,218-55.4%
Sue Rice$11,759$9,902-15.8%
David Andrew Schneider$13,316$9,821-26.2%
Kelly J. Kerner$12,232$9,649-21.1%
Merlyn Thorstenson$26,629$9,037-66.1%
Jerome M. Stiegelmeier$17,310$8,943-48.3%
Jeffrey A. Sandmeier$36,713$8,927-75.7%
Mike Carter$7,868$8,78211.6%
Emil G. Perman Jr.$18,577$8,486-54.3%
Wolff Farms, LLLP$5,723$8,39746.7%
Gwendolyn Grad$9,788$8,129-16.9%
Levi Duncan$10,043$7,939-20.9%
Kenneth L. Aberle$28,664$7,811-72.7%
Christine Owens$7,734$7,7340%
Orville E Ekrem JR$16,366$7,679-53.1%
Sherwin L. Rau$7,653$7,6530%
Cynthia Marie Wientjes$34,802$7,521-78.4%
Joseph G. Lebeau Sr.$7,990$7,473-6.5%
David Huffman Farm Enterprise, Inc.$21,806$7,312-66.5%
Collin Richard Fiedler$11,755$7,209-38.7%
Don Sauer Jr.$7,369$6,950-5.7%
Todd Goldsmith$46,861$6,830-85.4%
Gordon L. Chalmers$3,168$6,812115%
Ross J. Bieber$19,343$6,676-65.5%
Carol L. Schlomer$6,457$6,6673.3%
Barbara R. Giese$8,705$6,581-24.4%
Wade Duncan$7,506$6,403-14.7%
Matthew Hirsch$45,957$6,378-86.1%
Helen Reede$6,360$6,3600%
Casey Wayne Perman$34,421$6,314-81.7%
Lyle Larson$6,279$6,2790%
SBF$6,276$6,2760%
Kirk C. Miller$11,805$6,272-46.9%
Mark Thill$6,168$6,1680%
Farm Credit Services of America, Flca$0$6,130--
Leroy Sandmeier$108,036$6,086-94.4%
Verne Zabel$5,961$5,9610%
Sara Mayer Lesmeister$27,333$5,642-79.4%
Luella Spiry$5,537$5,5370%
Starks Brothers PTN$7,800$5,366-31.2%
Juanita Mindt$5,084$5,0840%
Aaron Eberhart$5,921$5,010-15.4%
Mark Lebeau$4,180$4,97619%
Tonya Kraft$11,521$4,860-57.8%
Brad M. Schilling$7,740$4,782-38.2%
Rodney L. Simons$3,003$4,72757.4%
Dale Burnette$4,380$4,7077.5%
Joe Lebeau Jr.$4,579$4,6491.5%
Clay Osterday$8,557$4,491-47.5%
Audrey Wegner$4,457$4,4570%
Carol Thies$0$4,324--
John Von Wald$4,566$4,322-5.3%
Jim Bob Dorsey$9,009$4,300-52.3%
George Mortenson$0$4,236--
JMW Enterprises, LLC$15,492$4,227-72.7%
Mary Holgard$4,901$4,176-14.8%
Jonathan Keller$779$4,167434.9%
Charlotte Walth$3,893$3,8930%
Hilton Walth$3,893$3,8930%
Brad Brown$2,187$3,84475.8%
Quintin M. Schlomer$3,618$3,8285.8%
Clayton Steiger$6,534$3,796-41.9%
Eldor Schilling$3,897$3,705-4.9%
Tom Anderberg$28,971$3,638-87.4%
Dwight E. Helm$16,074$3,637-77.4%
Beverly Ruzsa$3,034$3,62019.3%
Alan Rau$25,291$3,548-86%
Lanny M Stiklestad$30,318$3,505-88.4%
Kent Gustafson$7,478$3,388-54.7%
Lon Gustafson$7,390$3,381-54.2%
Leon M. Ziegler$6,106$3,342-45.3%
Gene T. Zabel$3,903$3,070-21.3%
Ervin D. Knuth$3,294$2,998-9%
Dale Locken$621$2,975379.1%
Brady Kuhn$9,565$2,884-69.8%
Daniel Hughes$4,307$2,870-33.4%
Chad Schilling$3,010$2,768-8%
Marjorie Lemburg$2,742$2,7420%
Helen Alene Arpan$13,112$2,693-79.5%
Evelyn Marciano$2,567$2,6573.5%
Dean Ulmer$0$2,366--
Phyllis Stiegelmeier$0$2,284--
Krause Fmly ORCH Nurs, Inc.$0$2,051--
Delwin Yost$1,953$1,9530%
Charles C. Stulken$1,914$1,9140%
Wendy Anderberg$5,093$1,882-63%
Steve Prasek$1,848$1,8480%
Lacey Perman$8,962$1,812-79.8%
Arlys Brown$922$1,68082.2%
Brandon C. Rau$1,664$1,6640%
Evelyn Pleinis$1,553$1,5530%
Schlekewy Trust$1,505$1,5050%
Donna Kosel$0$1,458--
Lisa Von Wald$1,428$1,4280%
Joshua M. Stiegelmeier$1,370$1,3700%
Cynthia J. Glader$2,857$1,341-53.1%
Roger Thorstenson$5,718$1,340-76.6%
Shirley Schilling$0$1,267--
Travis Hepper$3,183$1,266-60.2%
Beth Fiedler$739$1,20462.9%
David Dagley$3,597$1,194-66.8%
Bailey Johnson$6,088$1,083-82.2%
Katherine Jewett$4,286$999-76.7%
Donald E. Giese$2,765$994-64.1%
Todd A. Siverson$0$900--
Nicholas Fiedler$182$824352.7%
Barbara L. Brown$0$801--
Kelly Froning$1,914$800-58.2%
Dwane R. Moser$0$797--
Donald E. Giese$0$719--
James Silbernagel$1,485$694-53.3%
Leslie E. Mandernach$4,745$586-87.7%
Michaela Simmelink$1,419$553-61%
Richard Dale Martian$2,420$485-80%
Tim Zabel$152$431183.6%
Merlyn Lamont$742$399-46.2%
Timothy Pfitzer$742$399-46.2%
Ole Cherland$308$3080%
Patrick M. Schnaible$570$260-54.4%
Darrell D. Schlepp$609$260-57.3%
Vaughn Thorstenson$224$25312.9%
Rachel Stiegelmeier$6,520$227-96.5%
Lynn Brockel$0$207--
Mr. Jesse Miklos$209$147-29.7%
Jason Bauer$18,836$139-99.3%
Debra D. Walker$274$134-51.1%
Tyanna Lynae Wolf$528$104-80.3%
Larry Lee Lutz$182$92-49.5%
Karmen Schneider$0$89--
Zane Giese$184$62-66.3%
Phil Steiger$107$56-47.7%
Victor Walth$42$420%
John Stefanich$62$22-64.5%
Donald-Donald D Goetz Joint Rev L$10,933$0-100%
Stanley W. Weiss$188$0-100%
Bela S Csaki$1,819$0-100%
Casey Jay Lee Voss$267$0-100%
Hanson Horseshoe Ranch$16,511$0-100%
Linda H. Steiger$1,669$0-100%
Summer Anderberg-Kosel$11,330$0-100%
Harry I. Krause$36,546$0-100%
Selby Honey, LLC$94,024$0-100%
David Lipp$3,575$0-100%
Dr. Robert Marciano$195$0-100%
Farm Credit Services of America$5,084$0-100%
Gary Berndt$120$0-100%
Jim D. Peterson$31$0-100%
Keith Kraft$5,392$0-100%
Keith Lesmeister$8,687$0-100%
Kristen Marie Lawrence$17,989$0-100%
Loren Yates$8,741$0-100%
Mike O'Connell$21,348$0-100%
Phil Lindskov$2,674$0-100%
Todd Ducheneaux$31,757$0-100%
Carol Woodley$2,647$0-100%
Dennis L Zabel Northland Farms$1,991$0-100%
Elmer Allerdings$335$0-100%
Norman Thorstenson$15,490$0-100%
Total subsidies$19,838,290$10,855,135-45.3%

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