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In 2021, 162 farmers in cities within Jones County received a total of $5.5 million in 477 farm subsidies, a 29% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.7 million in 617 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 |
---|---|---|---|
SJ Dowling Farms Partnership | $338,619 | $317,230 | -6.3% |
Charles Michael Baker | $435,407 | $261,235 | -40% |
Cory J. Rust | $165,492 | $198,826 | 20.1% |
Scott Philip Mathews | $217,511 | $177,543 | -18.4% |
Fuoss Angus Ranch, Inc. | $229,799 | $160,668 | -30.1% |
LCL Ranch, Inc. | $180,355 | $145,112 | -19.5% |
Darrell Iversen | $157,311 | $144,645 | -8.1% |
Severyn Farms | $202,813 | $140,508 | -30.7% |
Dahlkes Ranch | $215,708 | $125,714 | -41.7% |
EDK Farms | $185,109 | $124,825 | -32.6% |
Louder Farms, Inc. | $195,242 | $121,941 | -37.5% |
Rankin & Sons, Inc. | $185,470 | $118,229 | -36.3% |
Kelly Dale Kinsley | $127,934 | $110,908 | -13.3% |
Paul Darcy Patterson | $138,359 | $102,103 | -26.2% |
Roy Iversen | $165,192 | $100,818 | -39% |
Joshua L. Anker | $112,608 | $91,650 | -18.6% |
Troy Clinton Iversen | $120,950 | $88,354 | -26.9% |
Clayton Douglas Miller | $161,349 | $87,147 | -46% |
Rebecca Denise Miller | $161,233 | $87,030 | -46% |
Robert Fuoss, Inc. | $155,581 | $83,513 | -46.3% |
Christopher J. Iversen | $140,497 | $79,975 | -43.1% |
Philip R. Mathews | $92,526 | $77,018 | -16.8% |
Valburg Limited Partnership | $99,851 | $74,324 | -25.6% |
Kevin Clemens Meyers | $115,664 | $72,129 | -37.6% |
Aaron Iversen | $100,756 | $71,351 | -29.2% |
Gerald D. Mathews | $65,745 | $69,687 | 6% |
Michael E. Barnes | $69,613 | $69,525 | -0.1% |
Dean William Volmer | $138,722 | $66,454 | -52.1% |
Curtis Ray Miller | $103,939 | $65,980 | -36.5% |
Michael David Fuoss | $71,003 | $63,547 | -10.5% |
Philip Gerald Mathews | $116,540 | $62,034 | -46.8% |
Lon Peters | $56,387 | $58,909 | 4.5% |
Glen Alan Iversen | $62,786 | $57,073 | -9.1% |
Marty Mel Roghair | $30,616 | $55,233 | 80.4% |
Nathan Wade Vander Schaaf | $80,602 | $52,674 | -34.6% |
Andrew Robert Rankin | $84,731 | $52,020 | -38.6% |
Jill Marie Rankin | $84,717 | $52,009 | -38.6% |
Raymond L. Roghair | $68,119 | $49,224 | -27.7% |
Lon M. Lyman | $62,687 | $46,865 | -25.2% |
Bork & Sons, Inc. | $0 | $44,746 | -- |
A. del Brost | $125,741 | $44,256 | -64.8% |
Bruce Mathews | $43,540 | $42,670 | -2% |
Chad Eldon Whitney | $36,212 | $41,886 | 15.7% |
Henry Glen Roghair | $55,945 | $41,581 | -25.7% |
Mike D. Rykhus | $50,323 | $41,121 | -18.3% |
Brad Scott Roghair | $60,642 | $38,509 | -36.5% |
Brett Richard Nix | $125,016 | $37,812 | -69.8% |
Michael Allen Livermont II | $0 | $33,565 | -- |
Kasey Allen Peters | $41,351 | $33,466 | -19.1% |
RK Nielsen Partnership | $58,598 | $32,459 | -44.6% |
Sherri Elizabeth Vander Schaaf | $22,544 | $30,527 | 35.4% |
Randall W Vevig | $33,785 | $28,985 | -14.2% |
Monte Bertin Anker | $46,872 | $28,867 | -38.4% |
James W. Volmer | $51,330 | $28,702 | -44.1% |
Sophie Morgan McKenzie | $35,332 | $27,873 | -21.1% |
Leroy A. Booth | $33,864 | $26,664 | -21.3% |
Wyatt Hespe | $17,646 | $26,488 | 50.1% |
Clinton T. Iversen | $17,583 | $25,916 | 47.4% |
Roger E. Larson | $39,473 | $25,415 | -35.6% |
James Edward Peters | $46,254 | $25,047 | -45.8% |
Kelly Green | $26,345 | $24,972 | -5.2% |
Curtis R. Roghair | $38,185 | $24,798 | -35.1% |
John W. Brunskill | $23,717 | $24,653 | 3.9% |
Weber Land & Cattle Company, Inc. | $37,778 | $24,096 | -36.2% |
Noel L. Henriksen | $22,570 | $23,218 | 2.9% |
Billy Wyly | $22,083 | $23,105 | 4.6% |
Paul Eugene Thomas | $0 | $21,134 | -- |
Raymond Clyde Stotts | $42,825 | $20,898 | -51.2% |
Chauncey J. Labrier | $27,040 | $20,301 | -24.9% |
Steven James Tatum | $10,500 | $19,469 | 85.4% |
Karen Renee Dowling | $20,341 | $19,296 | -5.1% |
Brandon A. Kinsley | $32,251 | $19,145 | -40.6% |
Cronkhite Agent Investments, LLP | $28,784 | $18,466 | -35.8% |
Kathy A. Fuoss | $0 | $18,451 | -- |
Jerry Lee Roghair | $32,819 | $18,356 | -44.1% |
Howard Peters Residuary Trust | $29,914 | $17,566 | -41.3% |
David Hunt | $19,779 | $17,164 | -13.2% |
Robert Kinsley | $20,797 | $16,944 | -18.5% |
Lavonne Therese Kinsley | $21,208 | $16,941 | -20.1% |
Casey Curt Miller | $21,961 | $16,739 | -23.8% |
Gale Richardson | $15,356 | $14,883 | -3.1% |
Todd A. Barnes | $25,858 | $14,274 | -44.8% |
Travis Larson | $22,058 | $14,022 | -36.4% |
Tracy Edwin Dowling | $20,464 | $12,651 | -38.2% |
Douglas P. Nies | $22,195 | $11,623 | -47.6% |
Guy Leonard Anker | $23,569 | $11,575 | -50.9% |
Rose a Daum Irrevocable Trust | $9,948 | $10,996 | 10.5% |
Steven Vik | $11,377 | $10,925 | -4% |
Rankin Family Land PTR, Ltd. | $16,519 | $10,797 | -34.6% |
Ross W. Nielsen | $43,670 | $10,094 | -76.9% |
The Dugan Farm East, LLC | $9,379 | $9,917 | 5.7% |
Levi Newsam | $37,293 | $8,907 | -76.1% |
A E Land Company, Inc. | $11,686 | $8,838 | -24.4% |
William Brunskill | $11,441 | $8,607 | -24.8% |
Charles R. Lebeda | $15,326 | $8,414 | -45.1% |
Latonya Marie Erikson | $10,023 | $8,364 | -16.6% |
Heath Bryan | $10,626 | $8,117 | -23.6% |
Jared T. Dowling | $8,983 | $7,781 | -13.4% |
Patti Greenseth | $6,778 | $7,563 | 11.6% |
Greg Boyle | $12,413 | $6,856 | -44.8% |
Cornelia L. Roghair | $10,108 | $6,853 | -32.2% |
Luke Newsam | $17,380 | $6,564 | -62.2% |
H. S. Ranch | $35,816 | $6,516 | -81.8% |
Brett Waibel | $3,886 | $6,425 | 65.3% |
Timothy Kinsley | $17,061 | $6,311 | -63% |
Rob Louder | $10,172 | $6,199 | -39.1% |
Kenneth Stoner | $14,310 | $5,936 | -58.5% |
Michael Waldron | $15,361 | $5,839 | -62% |
Bradley Larsen | $5,616 | $5,616 | 0% |
Miller Family Land Limited Partne | $7,901 | $5,594 | -29.2% |
Robert L Roghair Estate | $7,717 | $5,539 | -28.2% |
Michael David Hunt | $11,988 | $5,372 | -55.2% |
Marty K. Kinsley | $8,220 | $5,082 | -38.2% |
Paul Frank Seamans | $11,496 | $4,719 | -59% |
Brian O'Reilly | $23,681 | $4,704 | -80.1% |
Seth E. Geigle | $8,619 | $4,454 | -48.3% |
Lolley Ranch, LLC | $3,377 | $4,417 | 30.8% |
Eric Nix | $7,403 | $3,499 | -52.7% |
Kamaria Jordan Labrier | $7,465 | $3,356 | -55% |
Sam Seymour | $14,886 | $3,323 | -77.7% |
Keith J. Hespe | $3,755 | $3,285 | -12.5% |
Raymond C Vik Estate | $2,154 | $2,872 | 33.3% |
Marvin Schmidt | $3,824 | $2,826 | -26.1% |
Kolby Kinsley | $4,311 | $2,655 | -38.4% |
Clifford K. Kinsley | $4,979 | $2,558 | -48.6% |
Bessie B. Roghair | $1,833 | $2,435 | 32.8% |
Krysti Barnes | $0 | $2,343 | -- |
Murdo Motor Company, Inc. | $5,398 | $2,306 | -57.3% |
Hunter T. Iversen | $1,210 | $2,097 | 73.3% |
Ann Kustar | $0 | $2,067 | -- |
St. Peters Lutheran Church | $1,903 | $1,903 | 0% |
Josiah M Giovanetto | $7,690 | $1,699 | -77.9% |
Landon Bork | $11,654 | $1,670 | -85.7% |
Mike Kinsley | $2,052 | $1,557 | -24.1% |
Brandon W Vevig | $7,988 | $1,212 | -84.8% |
Wanda K. Larson | $477 | $1,199 | 151.4% |
Grady Alan Eikmeier | $5,676 | $1,162 | -79.5% |
David Zolnowsky | $1,504 | $1,106 | -26.5% |
Kyle Booth | $6,688 | $1,087 | -83.7% |
Alec Whitney | $4,136 | $914 | -77.9% |
Kenneth Raymond Miller | $909 | $909 | 0% |
Craig Strait | $3,696 | $863 | -76.7% |
Christopher A. Nix | $2,794 | $740 | -73.5% |
Dustin Lyle Aske | $3,985 | $707 | -82.3% |
Jaytee P Sealey | $3,157 | $686 | -78.3% |
Kady R. Nielsen | $2,549 | $685 | -73.1% |
Ron L. Kinsley | $1,659 | $647 | -61% |
Audrey Doris Mathews | $120 | $618 | 415% |
Against the Grain Farms, LLC | $0 | $600 | -- |
Jane L. Daum | $8,921 | $555 | -93.8% |
Richard Sylva Jr. | $4,959 | $550 | -88.9% |
Chris Martinez | $1,672 | $418 | -75% |
William P. Eckert | $2,414 | $364 | -84.9% |
Clarice J. Roghair | $1,670 | $296 | -82.3% |
Bruce Royer | $270 | $270 | 0% |
Cheryl L. McMillan | $894 | $263 | -70.6% |
Jeannette Newsam | $215 | $215 | 0% |
Augustus Delmer Volmer | $1,111 | $211 | -81% |
Clarence Rea | $148 | $148 | 0% |
Geisler Family, Inc. | $109 | $109 | 0% |
Curtis M. Horsley | $105 | $105 | 0% |
Warren A. Melcher | $228 | $105 | -53.9% |
Dakota Prairie Bank | $18,205 | $0 | -100% |
David Styles | $1,121 | $0 | -100% |
Frederick R. Mathews | $2,068 | $0 | -100% |
Lonny Ellwanger | $1,360 | $0 | -100% |
Patti Ellwanger | $8,478 | $0 | -100% |
Robert Styles | $1,286 | $0 | -100% |
Steven A. Juhnke | $4,602 | $0 | -100% |
W D Zolnowsky | $3,199 | $0 | -100% |
Jacquie Erikson | $32 | $0 | -100% |
Michael Livermont | $19,319 | $0 | -100% |
Rebecca Buxcel | $808 | $0 | -100% |
Roland J. Barton | $1,852 | $0 | -100% |
Suzanne Brost | $1,360 | $0 | -100% |
Tanya Michele Brink | $304 | $0 | -100% |
Total subsidies | $7,688,727 | $5,456,836 | -29% |