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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Hyde County received a total of $5.7 million in 474 farm subsidies, a 52.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12 million in 727 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 Hyde County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan Ranch Partnership | $1,501,730 | $518,766 | -65.5% |
| Eagle Pass Ranch Lp | $387,197 | $277,974 | -28.2% |
| Aesoph Farms, LLC | $688,551 | $276,488 | -59.8% |
| Leisinger Farms | $274,827 | $235,272 | -14.4% |
| Kroeplin Farms General Partnership | $0 | $158,914 | -- |
| Darwin Baloun, Inc. | $256,251 | $154,088 | -39.9% |
| K Lazy K Ranch, Inc. | $397,393 | $142,370 | -64.2% |
| Charlie Bloomenrader | $168,989 | $109,182 | -35.4% |
| Doug Knox | $281,942 | $108,262 | -61.6% |
| Daniel Knox | $281,920 | $108,100 | -61.7% |
| Terry Spilde Living Trust | $130,606 | $103,207 | -21% |
| Solberg Farms, Inc. | $323,734 | $101,296 | -68.7% |
| Katherine Porter | $210,981 | $98,991 | -53.1% |
| Donald W. Binder | $169,604 | $98,105 | -42.2% |
| Jeff Ellsworth | $160,317 | $97,694 | -39.1% |
| Marcus J Suhn | $172,317 | $87,665 | -49.1% |
| Adam Roth | $59,893 | $84,478 | 41% |
| Pompadour Hills Ranch, LLC | $136,847 | $82,326 | -39.8% |
| Lance J. Schulz | $176,036 | $82,152 | -53.3% |
| Simonson Farm, Inc. | $198,273 | $82,007 | -58.6% |
| Michael Solberg | $242,509 | $77,479 | -68.1% |
| Jackie Knox | $45,467 | $72,649 | 59.8% |
| Mary Knox | $45,489 | $72,649 | 59.7% |
| Matt J. Leisinger | $73,469 | $71,438 | -2.8% |
| Clement Ranch, LLC | $106,713 | $70,525 | -33.9% |
| James E Faulstich Living Trust | $65,755 | $65,508 | -0.4% |
| Randall Hague - Randall M Hague Living Trust | $0 | $65,296 | -- |
| Jason Pekarek | $136,975 | $64,714 | -52.8% |
| Mark McCloud | $134,846 | $59,152 | -56.1% |
| Troy Baloun | $149,815 | $57,721 | -61.5% |
| Dan Pekarek | $80,515 | $57,074 | -29.1% |
| Quirk Ranch, Ltd. | $208,517 | $56,354 | -73% |
| Cody Baloun | $107,024 | $54,533 | -49% |
| Larry & Sandra Aesoph Revocable Trust | $0 | $52,312 | -- |
| Ronald R Pekarek Trust | $111,914 | $50,827 | -54.6% |
| Paul Knox | $76,623 | $50,058 | -34.7% |
| Aesoph Brothers Partnership | $32,236 | $47,321 | 46.8% |
| Michael Aesoph | $84,610 | $46,691 | -44.8% |
| Dillon Baloun | $86,175 | $44,956 | -47.8% |
| Steve Gadd | $79,488 | $43,095 | -45.8% |
| Kerr Farms Partnership | $86,116 | $42,352 | -50.8% |
| Gadd Ranch, Inc. | $67,696 | $42,305 | -37.5% |
| Jared L. Brueggeman | $41,692 | $40,935 | -1.8% |
| Gerald W. Knox | $84,372 | $40,905 | -51.5% |
| Kenneth J. Jones | $45,642 | $40,607 | -11% |
| Bruce Mccloud, Inc. | $271,750 | $40,424 | -85.1% |
| Schuette LND and Catl Company, Inc. | $57,476 | $39,730 | -30.9% |
| Stephen Porter | $71,510 | $39,533 | -44.7% |
| Michael A. Ashdown | $57,260 | $37,126 | -35.2% |
| Randy Rinehart | $56,068 | $35,339 | -37% |
| Poverty Rock Farms | $23,524 | $34,516 | 46.7% |
| Keith Volek | $77,434 | $33,500 | -56.7% |
| Northern Prime Stock, LLC | $251,669 | $32,691 | -87% |
| Pheasants Forever | $7,687 | $31,753 | 313.1% |
| Aesoph Brothers, LLC | $48,857 | $31,292 | -36% |
| Chris Effling | $47,028 | $30,642 | -34.8% |
| Justin Carroll | $38,178 | $28,866 | -24.4% |
| Cole Rinehart | $40,489 | $28,275 | -30.2% |
| Oliver Aesoph | $59,168 | $28,269 | -52.2% |
| Anderson Family Ranch, Inc. | $74,297 | $28,213 | -62% |
| Travis Ping | $46,373 | $27,973 | -39.7% |
| Aesoph Ranch | $76,245 | $27,011 | -64.6% |
| Jacob J. Rinehart | $31,439 | $26,594 | -15.4% |
| Larry Bawdon | $52,972 | $26,052 | -50.8% |
| Rosy Carroll | $12,401 | $24,853 | 100.4% |
| Dan Lamont | $33,174 | $24,155 | -27.2% |
| Elaine J Ashdown Living Trust | $33,246 | $23,928 | -28% |
| Melvin Buchheim | $29,427 | $22,494 | -23.6% |
| Austin Carroll | $45,768 | $21,546 | -52.9% |
| Warren Solberg, LLC | $45,192 | $21,381 | -52.7% |
| Trevor Johnson | $29,724 | $20,351 | -31.5% |
| Jerry Dittman | $28,076 | $19,813 | -29.4% |
| LDM Farms | $12,856 | $19,714 | 53.3% |
| Bruce & Jane Mccloud Living Trust | $37,785 | $19,677 | -47.9% |
| Lynn Zeigler | $27,456 | $18,383 | -33% |
| Hart Land & Cattle Partnership | $64,331 | $17,103 | -73.4% |
| Haiwick Heritage Ranch, LLC | $24,495 | $16,454 | -32.8% |
| Dusty Mitchell | $24,216 | $15,406 | -36.4% |
| Weidenbach Ranch | $142,368 | $15,269 | -89.3% |
| Two Half Diamond Ranch, LLC | $0 | $14,112 | -- |
| Jan Busse - Jan J Busse Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $13,709 | -- |
| Swam, Inc. | $27,193 | $13,694 | -49.6% |
| Leisinger Ranch, Inc. | $93,397 | $13,054 | -86% |
| Matt Bawdon | $30,874 | $12,456 | -59.7% |
| Volek Ranch, LLC | $67,314 | $11,940 | -82.3% |
| Andrew M. Aesoph | $49,145 | $11,757 | -76.1% |
| Chester Gibson | $13,541 | $11,675 | -13.8% |
| Nathan Spilde | $31,541 | $10,988 | -65.2% |
| Austin P. McCloud | $21,552 | $10,186 | -52.7% |
| Nathan Aesoph | $28,326 | $9,719 | -65.7% |
| Janet M. Pekarek | $20,571 | $8,912 | -56.7% |
| Ryan A. Rittel | $13,587 | $8,693 | -36% |
| Terry Olson | $12,252 | $8,558 | -30.2% |
| Gary Haiwick | $13,363 | $8,543 | -36.1% |
| Larry Nickelson | $22,191 | $8,520 | -61.6% |
| Michael Weidenbach | $15,232 | $8,454 | -44.5% |
| Durward Ratzlaff | $10,464 | $8,112 | -22.5% |
| Matthew Pekarek | $22,535 | $8,076 | -64.2% |
| Steven Bonnichsen | $9,730 | $7,378 | -24.2% |
| Jared R. McCloud | $18,345 | $7,321 | -60.1% |
| Snookie, LLC | $9,796 | $7,318 | -25.3% |
| Samie Mccauley | $14,321 | $7,101 | -50.4% |
| Jason Krick | $9,761 | $6,893 | -29.4% |
| Leroy Scott | $21,402 | $6,829 | -68.1% |
| Richard F. Baloun | $16,756 | $6,816 | -59.3% |
| Calvin R Stirling Living Trust | $29,155 | $6,726 | -76.9% |
| Donita Weber | $13,437 | $6,576 | -51.1% |
| Hall Brother Farms, LLC | $3,820 | $6,560 | 71.7% |
| Wurts Family, LLC | $20,834 | $6,273 | -69.9% |
| Steven Chavez | $18,061 | $5,957 | -67% |
| Pandy Rezac | $12,159 | $5,695 | -53.2% |
| Sean Jorgensen | $7,529 | $5,416 | -28.1% |
| David R. Stagg | $5,175 | $5,025 | -2.9% |
| Burton Anderson | $4,683 | $4,683 | 0% |
| Dickson Bast | $6,888 | $4,540 | -34.1% |
| Carolyn Kutz | $4,203 | $4,479 | 6.6% |
| Clifford Volek | $29,260 | $4,478 | -84.7% |
| H & H Farms | $10,292 | $4,445 | -56.8% |
| Duke Anthony McCloud | $32,397 | $4,444 | -86.3% |
| Kody William Aesoph | $28,319 | $4,094 | -85.5% |
| Robbie Aesoph | $27,483 | $3,895 | -85.8% |
| John J. Sleger | $7,595 | $3,825 | -49.6% |
| David S. Hieb | $14,737 | $3,797 | -74.2% |
| Jeff Simonson Farm, Inc. | $8,384 | $3,610 | -56.9% |
| Skyla Ratzlaff | $5,645 | $3,537 | -37.3% |
| Jonathan Moses Aesoph | $9,954 | $3,500 | -64.8% |
| Patricia Mccloud - Patricia L Mccloud Survivor's T | $0 | $3,318 | -- |
| Speed O Mccloud Decedent's Trust | $4,200 | $3,318 | -21% |
| Sharon K. Runestad | $13,068 | $3,210 | -75.4% |
| Robert V. Stephenson | $6,930 | $3,205 | -53.8% |
| Marilyn I. Hanson | $7,206 | $2,891 | -59.9% |
| Raymond Zemlicka | $6,917 | $2,776 | -59.9% |
| Dallas C. Henry | $4,051 | $2,747 | -32.2% |
| Scott Pekarek | $12,914 | $2,707 | -79% |
| David Hobert | $0 | $2,292 | -- |
| Janelle J. Roseland | $2,614 | $2,281 | -12.7% |
| Leo Roseland | $2,566 | $2,214 | -13.7% |
| Jim R. Stephenson | $8,434 | $2,084 | -75.3% |
| Mary Jirsa Living Trust | $1,921 | $1,921 | 0% |
| Hobert Ranches | $0 | $1,914 | -- |
| Zeb A. Husted | $13,239 | $1,905 | -85.6% |
| Allen Gibson | $2,534 | $1,425 | -43.8% |
| Doug Kroeplin Farms, LLC | $7,714 | $1,333 | -82.7% |
| Lane S. Peterson | $6,615 | $1,154 | -82.6% |
| Jeffery R. Mashek | $2,341 | $1,069 | -54.3% |
| Rodney Kusser | $1,021 | $1,021 | 0% |
| Jackie Mashek | $1,868 | $957 | -48.8% |
| Brett R. Tostenson | $4,428 | $775 | -82.5% |
| Collin Carroll | $4,385 | $552 | -87.4% |
| Michaela Rinehart | $3,291 | $536 | -83.7% |
| Justin Alvie Wieseler | $2,840 | $518 | -81.8% |
| Frankie K. Rinehart | $2,464 | $471 | -80.9% |
| Matthew Zilverberg | $406 | $439 | 8.1% |
| Gage Rinehart | $1,804 | $370 | -79.5% |
| Max R. Gregg | $4,289 | $362 | -91.6% |
| Bernadette Baloun | $317 | $317 | 0% |
| Perry Baloun | $317 | $317 | 0% |
| Riley Rinehart | $2,028 | $315 | -84.5% |
| Michael A. Novak Sr. | $624 | $149 | -76.1% |
| Richard Knox | $11,295 | $121 | -98.9% |
| Darwin Baloun | $119 | $119 | 0% |
| Robert Bawdon | $264 | $102 | -61.4% |
| Dana Kuelbs | $487 | $76 | -84.4% |
| Madison Mae Wieseler | $714 | $69 | -90.3% |
| Callie Charlotte Chavez | $520 | $48 | -90.8% |
| Dennis Volek | $44 | $44 | 0% |
| Carl W Ashdown Family Trust | $30,877 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Volek | $3,123 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Evan Chambliss | $7,081 | $0 | -100% |
| Elmer R. Johnson | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary L. Heezen | $6,314 | $0 | -100% |
| Jan Busse - Jan J Busse Revocable | $22,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Binder | $2,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Ken Hoffman | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Kroeplin Farms General Partnershi | $437,584 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry & Sandra Aesoph Revocable T | $105,036 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie a Ashdown Living Trust | $14,658 | $0 | -100% |
| Lilly M Ashdown Living Trust | $7,964 | $0 | -100% |
| Nikki Gregg | $498 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Mccloud - Patricia L MCC | $4,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Poison Snake Cattle Company, LLC | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Hague - Randall M. L. Hague | $146,196 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Leisinger | $108 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan C. Spilde | $31,845 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,014,040 | $5,706,930 | -52.5% |
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