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In 2021, 285 farmers in cities within Boone County received a total of $3.8 million in 573 farm subsidies, a 65.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $11 million in 1,267 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 Boone County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael D. Busch | $365,008 | $196,773 | -46.1% |
| Moragra Family Farms | $594,372 | $144,752 | -75.6% |
| Moragra PJ Farms | $468,206 | $138,598 | -70.4% |
| Todd Aves | $206,882 | $110,266 | -46.7% |
| Gary R. Greenlee | $98,830 | $88,605 | -10.3% |
| Johnson 5 Holsteins, LLC | $126,519 | $83,497 | -34% |
| Mark and Lisa Priest, LLC | $304,822 | $81,159 | -73.4% |
| Family Af-Ayr Farm, LLC | $121,499 | $80,625 | -33.6% |
| Brent R. Mueller | $253,100 | $78,638 | -68.9% |
| Christ Spiniolas | $190,489 | $78,161 | -59% |
| Patrick Morris | $95,032 | $77,055 | -18.9% |
| Busch Farms, Ltd. | $0 | $73,726 | -- |
| Fredrick H. Ekstrom | $148,875 | $69,709 | -53.2% |
| Dennis Gene Luckey | $156,784 | $60,194 | -61.6% |
| Curtis D. Greenlee | $128,959 | $52,450 | -59.3% |
| Kimberly A. Dahlberg | $114,810 | $48,725 | -57.6% |
| Ryan a Stohlquist | $191,000 | $47,838 | -75% |
| Connar Morris | $126,598 | $47,392 | -62.6% |
| Brian G. Mueller | $222,989 | $42,561 | -80.9% |
| Craig L. Fowler | $137,320 | $42,235 | -69.2% |
| Todd Kahl | $59,034 | $41,687 | -29.4% |
| Kevin Yates | $64,481 | $40,999 | -36.4% |
| Moragra CC Farms | $240,693 | $40,582 | -83.1% |
| Doetch Farms | $184,880 | $40,182 | -78.3% |
| Larry D. Fowler | $159,832 | $39,541 | -75.3% |
| Wind Hill, Corp. | $18,090 | $37,939 | 109.7% |
| James Marrs | $108,535 | $37,146 | -65.8% |
| Harris Farm Oaklawn, Ltd. | $126,317 | $36,425 | -71.2% |
| Thad Johnson | $124,617 | $33,781 | -72.9% |
| Daniel Tyler Travis | $35,553 | $33,221 | -6.6% |
| Timothy Bristol | $43,416 | $33,138 | -23.7% |
| Wayde Priest | $65,616 | $30,935 | -52.9% |
| Greta Koebel | $33,655 | $30,379 | -9.7% |
| Ryan K. Dahlberg | $32,958 | $30,022 | -8.9% |
| Adam J. Dahlberg | $31,699 | $29,615 | -6.6% |
| Gail Worley | $84,534 | $29,551 | -65% |
| Marshall Newhouse | $61,288 | $28,526 | -53.5% |
| Ronald Mueller | $65,799 | $27,662 | -58% |
| Sylvia A. Mueller | $65,799 | $27,662 | -58% |
| James R. Johnson | $97,106 | $27,208 | -72% |
| John W. Brockmann | $61,145 | $26,761 | -56.2% |
| Aaron C Brahmstedt | $63,235 | $26,285 | -58.4% |
| Frank H. Bullard | $145,684 | $26,258 | -82% |
| Dale E. Worley | $59,170 | $26,214 | -55.7% |
| Lucille M. Mickey | $68,956 | $24,735 | -64.1% |
| Grant L. Anderson | $74,581 | $24,617 | -67% |
| Ryan R Kufalk | $83,529 | $24,055 | -71.2% |
| Cory a Dovenmuehle | $76,077 | $23,403 | -69.2% |
| Terri L. Bullard | $72,190 | $22,831 | -68.4% |
| Britton Farms, Inc. | $96,143 | $22,064 | -77.1% |
| 9559 Legacy, LLC | $59,194 | $21,907 | -63% |
| Cheryl Lindberg Living Trust | $85,078 | $20,365 | -76.1% |
| Aaron Ekberg | $36,676 | $20,031 | -45.4% |
| Richard A. Britton | $77,464 | $19,886 | -74.3% |
| James F. Peterson | $91,392 | $19,813 | -78.3% |
| Michael J. Paulson | $83,298 | $19,593 | -76.5% |
| John E. Reid | $92,195 | $19,559 | -78.8% |
| William D. Pigott II | $52,302 | $18,832 | -64% |
| James H. Osterberg | $61,897 | $18,262 | -70.5% |
| Marilyn K. Osterberg | $61,897 | $18,262 | -70.5% |
| Donald Fowler Decl of Trust | $73,149 | $17,730 | -75.8% |
| Arnold Shanks | $56,219 | $17,438 | -69% |
| Jon Albrecht | $53,209 | $16,292 | -69.4% |
| Robert Petersen | $54,531 | $16,011 | -70.6% |
| Stanley Ronald Fowler | $87,960 | $15,704 | -82.1% |
| Benjamin A. Clausing | $34,817 | $15,672 | -55% |
| Ryan A. Lindberg | $24,723 | $15,223 | -38.4% |
| Roger Bussey | $21,612 | $15,182 | -29.8% |
| Cameron Worley | $15,130 | $15,130 | 0% |
| Mark E. Huntington | $52,842 | $14,367 | -72.8% |
| John Johnson | $31,363 | $14,336 | -54.3% |
| Roger H. Miller | $62,245 | $14,309 | -77% |
| Robert E. Walberg | $49,345 | $14,163 | -71.3% |
| Gallano Farms, Ltd. | $59,928 | $14,029 | -76.6% |
| Medical Solution Ministries, Inc. | $13,564 | $13,564 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Berg | $37,678 | $13,259 | -64.8% |
| Randall E. Williams | $33,296 | $13,204 | -60.3% |
| Michael W. Meier | $55,316 | $13,152 | -76.2% |
| Papka Family Farm, LLC | $11,212 | $13,128 | 17.1% |
| John Cleland | $31,503 | $12,384 | -60.7% |
| Michael W. Rhode | $31,277 | $12,218 | -60.9% |
| Dale Thomas Fitzgerald | $41,600 | $12,137 | -70.8% |
| Mark A. Rhode | $30,981 | $12,043 | -61.1% |
| Paige Clothier | $28,838 | $12,027 | -58.3% |
| Greg Hulstedt | $43,287 | $11,462 | -73.5% |
| Robert H Goeddeke | $49,134 | $11,217 | -77.2% |
| Dale Muck | $49,175 | $11,181 | -77.3% |
| Suzette Muck | $49,175 | $11,181 | -77.3% |
| Brian H. Kastning | $21,768 | $11,087 | -49.1% |
| Wait Bros | $44,941 | $11,026 | -75.5% |
| Paityn Mcconnell | $14,842 | $10,884 | -26.7% |
| Edward Kasper | $26,186 | $10,656 | -59.3% |
| Jason A. Fowler | $22,495 | $10,561 | -53.1% |
| Gary Marrs | $39,618 | $10,379 | -73.8% |
| MTF Farms, Inc. | $38,331 | $10,304 | -73.1% |
| Andrew Berglund | $40,014 | $10,258 | -74.4% |
| Paul Donley Jr. | $43,369 | $9,877 | -77.2% |
| Darlene Foster | $9,821 | $9,821 | 0% |
| Gerald Hulstedt | $38,174 | $9,133 | -76.1% |
| Thomas M. Walberg | $24,726 | $8,715 | -64.8% |
| Marvin Johnson | $25,902 | $8,616 | -66.7% |
| Verne Sisson | $30,106 | $8,612 | -71.4% |
| John M. Ratcliffe | $28,528 | $8,596 | -69.9% |
| Robert Osterberg Sr. | $28,042 | $8,592 | -69.4% |
| Robbie Osterberg | $19,203 | $8,555 | -55.4% |
| Ryan Osterberg | $19,203 | $8,555 | -55.4% |
| Terry W. Ellingson | $22,953 | $8,549 | -62.8% |
| Adam C Brahmstedt | $23,699 | $8,514 | -64.1% |
| Mary Cordray | $10,562 | $8,313 | -21.3% |
| Phyllis Gallano | $32,302 | $8,211 | -74.6% |
| Charles R. Diamond | $18,474 | $8,110 | -56.1% |
| Ronald O. Nelson | $28,500 | $7,989 | -72% |
| Edward Meier | $28,744 | $7,904 | -72.5% |
| Michelle Hulstedt | $38,905 | $7,637 | -80.4% |
| Daryl J Stohlquist | $25,180 | $7,598 | -69.8% |
| Roy a Stohlquist | $24,772 | $7,598 | -69.3% |
| The Agnes C Meine Trust Dated February 20, 2001 | $0 | $7,566 | -- |
| James a Dhamer | $19,445 | $7,525 | -61.3% |
| Carl Ritz | $4,793 | $7,463 | 55.7% |
| Emma J Farms, LLC | $13,907 | $7,375 | -47% |
| William Donley | $40,163 | $7,265 | -81.9% |
| Dale E. Marks | $20,715 | $7,126 | -65.6% |
| Ernest Robert Hubener | $7,883 | $7,038 | -10.7% |
| William R Ahlberg Trust | $7,141 | $7,036 | -1.5% |
| Sherry Voss | $38,324 | $6,917 | -82% |
| Steve Gallano | $27,648 | $6,902 | -75% |
| John Gallano | $27,648 | $6,902 | -75% |
| Mark Irwin | $29,720 | $6,882 | -76.8% |
| Raymond G Wennmacher | $18,650 | $6,868 | -63.2% |
| Allen Sisson | $32,308 | $6,821 | -78.9% |
| Gregg A. Borchardt | $19,540 | $6,711 | -65.7% |
| Ronald A. Wait | $26,873 | $6,674 | -75.2% |
| Charles Kastning | $33,150 | $6,210 | -81.3% |
| Steve Grenlund | $33,317 | $6,164 | -81.5% |
| Grant Waldee Trust | $17,682 | $5,968 | -66.2% |
| Adkins Investments, LLC | $14,151 | $5,929 | -58.1% |
| Richard Gadke | $18,121 | $5,811 | -67.9% |
| Daniel F. Salley | $22,063 | $5,456 | -75.3% |
| Wayne Jahn | $15,674 | $5,313 | -66.1% |
| Harold W. Behling | $16,359 | $5,296 | -67.6% |
| Fay Ellwanger | $13,018 | $5,284 | -59.4% |
| Louis C. Anderson | $19,210 | $5,218 | -72.8% |
| Jan Jurgens | $5,184 | $5,184 | 0% |
| Jose Ramirez | $5,145 | $5,145 | 0% |
| David Tinberg | $7,949 | $5,053 | -36.4% |
| Elma M Harnish Declaration of Trust | $11,277 | $5,031 | -55.4% |
| Joan E Razim | $9,728 | $4,907 | -49.6% |
| Donald C. Beard | $16,921 | $4,899 | -71% |
| Robert E. Brown | $12,167 | $4,877 | -59.9% |
| John W. Greenlee | $4,334 | $4,759 | 9.8% |
| Karlson Farms | $22,166 | $4,716 | -78.7% |
| Herbert Greenlee, M.D. | $12,939 | $4,553 | -64.8% |
| Michael Shriver | $3,120 | $4,480 | 43.6% |
| Sylvia A. Fowler | $3,679 | $4,359 | 18.5% |
| Daniel R. Brown | $11,665 | $4,331 | -62.9% |
| Walter E. Reese | $1,353 | $4,312 | 218.7% |
| Jordan M. Weidner | $33,234 | $4,124 | -87.6% |
| Warren Clausing | $13,515 | $3,980 | -70.6% |
| Theo Peterson | $7,296 | $3,907 | -46.5% |
| Karl Kindberg | $14,553 | $3,874 | -73.4% |
| Darren Rowe | $3,821 | $3,821 | 0% |
| Dann Harris | $14,322 | $3,821 | -73.3% |
| Orrie Halverson JR | $8,550 | $3,604 | -57.8% |
| John Fritsch | $9,580 | $3,469 | -63.8% |
| Ronald R. Werner | $12,951 | $3,339 | -74.2% |
| James D. Richardson | $10,773 | $3,242 | -69.9% |
| Michael Guthrie | $6,163 | $3,194 | -48.2% |
| Christopher A. Willis | $7,624 | $3,182 | -58.3% |
| Stanley Colver | $3,601 | $3,168 | -12% |
| Paul Guthrie | $6,051 | $3,082 | -49.1% |
| Swope Farms, LLC | $8,694 | $3,006 | -65.4% |
| Eileen Montavon | $11,416 | $2,909 | -74.5% |
| Jeffrey D. Peters | $15,053 | $2,894 | -80.8% |
| Kenneth G. Koch | $6,807 | $2,825 | -58.5% |
| Austin J. Berg | $5,976 | $2,792 | -53.3% |
| Alan W. Schmidt | $8,908 | $2,790 | -68.7% |
| Steven Pooley | $0 | $2,746 | -- |
| Yapp Corporation | $0 | $2,671 | -- |
| Patrick N. Freeman | $2,659 | $2,659 | 0% |
| Chad Morelock | $8,365 | $2,638 | -68.5% |
| Health Professions Grant Fund, Inc. | $2,613 | $2,613 | 0% |
| Charles J. Olsen | $6,253 | $2,463 | -60.6% |
| Kraig Pierceson | $11,890 | $2,396 | -79.8% |
| James Grenlund | $11,959 | $2,341 | -80.4% |
| Floretta Ida Trust | $4,783 | $2,315 | -51.6% |
| John Rebhorn | $1,954 | $2,266 | 16% |
| Branching out, Inc. | $0 | $2,265 | -- |
| Ann L Wennmacher | $7,303 | $2,264 | -69% |
| Ronald C. Behling | $6,820 | $2,191 | -67.9% |
| James A. Behling | $6,820 | $2,191 | -67.9% |
| Larry Lee Andersen | $4,094 | $2,190 | -46.5% |
| Gail E. Greenblatt | $1,812 | $2,175 | 20% |
| Natalie Hazlewood | $7,686 | $2,138 | -72.2% |
| Todd Walberg | $4,287 | $2,004 | -53.3% |
| Emalee Jean Colver | $1,993 | $1,993 | 0% |
| Bradley R. Morelock | $6,443 | $1,959 | -69.6% |
| Shane Munro | $3,298 | $1,949 | -40.9% |
| William J. Morris | $8,451 | $1,928 | -77.2% |
| Leonard E. Harris | $4,666 | $1,905 | -59.2% |
| Geoffrey Patrick Morris | $1,227 | $1,903 | 55.1% |
| Theodore A. Griffis | $3,720 | $1,839 | -50.6% |
| Tom Morris | $3,710 | $1,817 | -51% |
| William a Hall Trust | $10,711 | $1,794 | -83.3% |
| Jean M. Greenlee | $1,716 | $1,716 | 0% |
| Brian Sisson | $3,442 | $1,711 | -50.3% |
| Darcey a Blazier Revocable Trust | $1,669 | $1,669 | 0% |
| Virgil J. Wood | $1,639 | $1,639 | 0% |
| Clausing Family Farm Trust No 01-1 | $7,349 | $1,612 | -78.1% |
| Edward J. Sendelbach | $5,745 | $1,601 | -72.1% |
| Barbara Johnson | $1,557 | $1,557 | 0% |
| Lindsey W Voss Estate | $1,554 | $1,554 | 0% |
| Deirdre K. Hulsebus | $5,766 | $1,532 | -73.4% |
| Michael Fidder | $842 | $1,463 | 73.8% |
| Lester Drinkwater | $1,435 | $1,435 | 0% |
| Beth Bruha | $1,433 | $1,433 | 0% |
| Nancy Houk | $1,418 | $1,418 | 0% |
| Steven A. Mielke | $1,196 | $1,394 | 16.6% |
| Janet S. Mundy | $18,577 | $1,374 | -92.6% |
| David J. Balzer | $0 | $1,365 | -- |
| Alan Polnow | $1,363 | $1,363 | 0% |
| Russell Wheeler | $3,965 | $1,326 | -66.6% |
| Burr Oak Land Trust 177 | $1,306 | $1,306 | 0% |
| Beaux Fowler | $3,002 | $1,214 | -59.6% |
| Briggs Fam Trustee Agreement | $1,200 | $1,200 | 0% |
| Noel Rodakowski | $1,188 | $1,188 | 0% |
| Ron Rodakowski | $1,187 | $1,187 | 0% |
| Scott Fowler | $3,261 | $1,175 | -64% |
| Ramsay Family Partnership | $5,170 | $1,108 | -78.6% |
| Allen Larson | $1,129 | $1,096 | -2.9% |
| Cheryl Sturges | $338 | $1,091 | 222.8% |
| Kathleen Usher | $1,016 | $1,016 | 0% |
| Judith M Swanson Trust | $1,269 | $994 | -21.7% |
| Ernest Hubener Trust | $6,282 | $941 | -85% |
| Terry A. Willis | $5,102 | $870 | -82.9% |
| Matthew Bullard | $2,801 | $859 | -69.3% |
| Richard E. Harris | $2,386 | $782 | -67.2% |
| Scott Eric Nystrom | $761 | $761 | 0% |
| James Hess | $758 | $758 | 0% |
| Werner Trust No JLW 99-2 | $758 | $758 | 0% |
| Barbara E. Majernik | $2,978 | $738 | -75.2% |
| Donald K. Busch | $713 | $713 | 0% |
| Terence D. Williams | $3,487 | $705 | -79.8% |
| Barlow Family Trust | $820 | $699 | -14.8% |
| Jeffrey S. Reininger | $18,130 | $658 | -96.4% |
| Evelyn Holmstrom - Evelyn E Holmstrom No 15 | $882 | $635 | -28% |
| John W & Jean M Greenlee | $635 | $635 | 0% |
| Adam Ellwanger | $0 | $626 | -- |
| Richard Zarndt | $1,913 | $610 | -68.1% |
| Robert Abraham Irrevocable Trust Agreement | $0 | $595 | -- |
| Linda Hulstedt Revocable Trust | $578 | $578 | 0% |
| Priest Family Limited Partnership | $575 | $575 | 0% |
| Robert Bruce Gray | $2,450 | $573 | -76.6% |
| Janet Sue Wheeler | $1,693 | $542 | -68% |
| Lela G Priest-Lela G Priest Declaration of Trust | $0 | $536 | -- |
| Melvin L. Johnson | $491 | $533 | 8.6% |
| Angelic Organics | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Gordon Anderson | $454 | $493 | 8.6% |
| Roy E Ollmann JR Irrevocable Trust | $456 | $456 | 0% |
| John K. Funderburg Jr. | $0 | $455 | -- |
| Wallace Grant Ramsay Declaration of Trust | $420 | $420 | 0% |
| Carol Mercado | $419 | $419 | 0% |
| Winding Path, LLC | $0 | $405 | -- |
| Kathleen Yates | $354 | $354 | 0% |
| Madelyn R. Paulson | $192 | $311 | 62% |
| Douglas K. Connor | $291 | $291 | 0% |
| Marcia A. Cook | $250 | $250 | 0% |
| Lydia C. Kelly | $953 | $244 | -74.4% |
| Timothy W Fidder | $2,831 | $241 | -91.5% |
| Luraine G Cannell Declaration of Trustee DTD 01031963 | $5,385 | $228 | -95.8% |
| James Anderson | $216 | $216 | 0% |
| Henry a Koch and Anita Koch Trust | $414 | $207 | -50% |
| Lars Lee | $675 | $178 | -73.6% |
| Leslie Wundrow | $10,688 | $177 | -98.3% |
| Robert A. Donley | $22,038 | $150 | -99.3% |
| Gene Wagner | $3,812 | $149 | -96.1% |
| Helen M. Maxwell | $1,097 | $148 | -86.5% |
| Richard Williams | $101 | $101 | 0% |
| Paulsons Agricultural Museum of Argyle | $0 | $76 | -- |
| Thomas Pyszka | $70 | $70 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Lindberg Revocable Trust | $61 | $61 | 0% |
| Edward Kelly | $7,296 | $60 | -99.2% |
| John Cordray | $120 | $40 | -66.7% |
| Gordon Neese | $408 | $22 | -94.6% |
| Scott A. Mueller | $15,985 | $13 | -99.9% |
| Thomas R. Caldwell | $0 | $2 | -- |
| Alpine Bank | $3,961 | $0 | -100% |
| Amanda Stone | $1,491 | $0 | -100% |
| Beatrice Steele | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernard Long | $8,802 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Rayphole | $348 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Dotzler | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Funderburg Farms, Inc. | $10,634 | $0 | -100% |
| Gibson Gibson | $106 | $0 | -100% |
| James Cannell Trust | $1,892 | $0 | -100% |
| John Danca | $1,569 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence Randall Keyser | $232 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois Ramon | $297 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Rayphole | $348 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Buzzell | $9,790 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Judson Daniels | $70,252 | $0 | -100% |
| Ron Brockmann | $999 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven C. Willis | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| Anderson Organics | $88,275 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Fritsch | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Lindberg | $35,561 | $0 | -100% |
| John Peterson | $96,467 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell Kindberg | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J. Lisk | $1,537 | $0 | -100% |
| Warren Dawson | $712 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Blachford | $343 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen T. Reimer | $17,935 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew Reimer | $2,811 | $0 | -100% |
| Arnold H. Reimer | $3,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Reimer | $2,111 | $0 | -100% |
| Lela G Priest-Lela G Priest Decla | $536 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan Glen York | $1,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas P Reimer Declaration of | $1,389 | $0 | -100% |
| John L. Vitous | $6,291 | $0 | -100% |
| Ken Zwart | $384 | $0 | -100% |
| Luceba M Pfluger | $461 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Charlesworth | $5,457 | $0 | -100% |
| Turner Equipment Sales | $563 | $0 | -100% |
| Jan W. Noble | $1 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy S. Franseen | $20,747 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard E. Harris | $1,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard E. Harris | $616 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Abraham Irrevocable Trust | $1,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Lyford | $213 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Mueller | $1,627 | $0 | -100% |
| Velma Shriver | $752 | $0 | -100% |
| Victoria A. Donley | $2,790 | $0 | -100% |
| Wisilldan Farm, LLC | $176,333 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $11,012,807 | $3,830,402 | -65.2% |
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