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In 2021, 265 farmers in cities within Trego County received a total of $3.8 million in 611 farm subsidies, a 63.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.2 million in 1,030 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 Trego County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Crossland | $293,707 | $118,829 | -59.5% |
| Darien Fritts | $255,643 | $114,017 | -55.4% |
| Bradley D. Harvey | $220,355 | $100,158 | -54.5% |
| Terry L Walt-Terry and Laura Walt Living Trust | $248,852 | $89,843 | -63.9% |
| Moden Farms | $255,615 | $88,484 | -65.4% |
| Griffith Farms | $242,645 | $83,466 | -65.6% |
| John Nilhas | $228,946 | $80,627 | -64.8% |
| Nathan D. Bowman | $167,776 | $76,433 | -54.4% |
| Hafligers Farm | $210,030 | $74,443 | -64.6% |
| Brian J. Walt | $547,600 | $74,355 | -86.4% |
| Crossland Brothers, LLC | $196,454 | $71,948 | -63.4% |
| Glennis Billinger-Glennis and Elizabeth Billinger Billinger | $185,781 | $63,905 | -65.6% |
| Stacy Ruder | $160,756 | $61,290 | -61.9% |
| Justin M. Ruder | $166,874 | $61,175 | -63.3% |
| Seth D. Albers | $138,809 | $60,964 | -56.1% |
| John D. Malinowsky | $176,478 | $57,986 | -67.1% |
| Paul M. Fabrizius | $156,003 | $56,100 | -64% |
| Robert J. Schneider | $169,102 | $55,361 | -67.3% |
| Verda O Albin Estate | $8,401 | $52,924 | 530% |
| Felix Heier | $131,715 | $52,657 | -60% |
| Mike Schneider | $109,493 | $51,723 | -52.8% |
| Steven L. Ziegler | $194,982 | $50,268 | -74.2% |
| Vegac, Inc. | $154,001 | $49,381 | -67.9% |
| Riedel Farms, Inc. | $139,381 | $48,851 | -65% |
| Bruce Mai | $94,824 | $45,333 | -52.2% |
| Lloyd Mccall Trust | $152,693 | $45,236 | -70.4% |
| Eric Moden | $97,841 | $44,563 | -54.5% |
| Sells Farms, LLC | $100,065 | $40,820 | -59.2% |
| Walt Living Trust | $120,671 | $39,334 | -67.4% |
| Galen Geyer | $101,895 | $34,761 | -65.9% |
| Stanley A. Windholz | $110,686 | $33,972 | -69.3% |
| Casey Kuntz | $68,335 | $33,412 | -51.1% |
| John Weigel | $81,614 | $33,379 | -59.1% |
| Darrin L. Brungardt | $98,400 | $31,926 | -67.6% |
| Robert-Robert D Hafliger Living Trust Hafliger | $81,281 | $31,526 | -61.2% |
| Patrick Rohleder | $87,590 | $31,184 | -64.4% |
| Eric J Littlechild | $108,957 | $30,263 | -72.2% |
| John A. Griffith | $62,162 | $30,240 | -51.4% |
| Wesley Hobbs | $68,494 | $30,189 | -55.9% |
| Carroll E Fabrizius Rev Trust | $42,468 | $30,177 | -28.9% |
| William F. Deines | $50,753 | $30,155 | -40.6% |
| Floyd D. Schneider | $28,264 | $27,885 | -1.3% |
| Thomas J. Kreutzer | $86,713 | $27,628 | -68.1% |
| Gerald Riedel | $66,057 | $27,089 | -59% |
| Tyler Hafliger | $67,259 | $26,721 | -60.3% |
| Travis Joseph Sherfick | $79,612 | $26,310 | -67% |
| Mark W. Nimz | $33,663 | $25,179 | -25.2% |
| John Ashmore | $58,817 | $25,132 | -57.3% |
| Douglas D Wedermyer | $37,194 | $23,829 | -35.9% |
| Larry Connor | $26,998 | $23,748 | -12% |
| Dennis L. Mader | $92,185 | $22,636 | -75.4% |
| Leo James Parke | $59,466 | $22,476 | -62.2% |
| Rick L. Burbach | $42,453 | $21,983 | -48.2% |
| Richard Deines | $42,407 | $21,960 | -48.2% |
| Wilds Brothers, LLC | $61,243 | $21,864 | -64.3% |
| Bradley D. Schmitt | $50,234 | $21,133 | -57.9% |
| Howard W. Sauer | $51,296 | $20,140 | -60.7% |
| Janice E. Flax | $19,810 | $19,842 | 0.2% |
| Wilbur R. Stites | $28,825 | $18,329 | -36.4% |
| Julius Henning | $24,963 | $17,939 | -28.1% |
| KHJ Farms, LLC | $37,896 | $17,936 | -52.7% |
| Timothy Miller Ta Miller Revocable Trust | $394,214 | $17,148 | -95.7% |
| Larry Pearson | $41,141 | $17,066 | -58.5% |
| Donnell Pfannenstiel | $20,826 | $17,029 | -18.2% |
| Kirk Alan Hafliger | $42,541 | $16,868 | -60.3% |
| Sellers Family Trust | $19,727 | $16,657 | -15.6% |
| John D. Fabrizius | $31,708 | $16,590 | -47.7% |
| Donald K Schwendener IRRV Trust | $15,880 | $16,574 | 4.4% |
| Anthony J. Herman | $46,827 | $15,912 | -66% |
| Donald D Riedel Living Trustee | $50,058 | $15,736 | -68.6% |
| Glenn-Glenn a Buchholz & Lori G Buchholz a Buchholz | $31,855 | $15,541 | -51.2% |
| Michelle Brungardt | $34,751 | $15,419 | -55.6% |
| Richard & Diana Parke Irrev Farm Trust | $33,600 | $15,385 | -54.2% |
| Dale Newcomer | $34,189 | $14,430 | -57.8% |
| Chad Miller | $105,581 | $14,066 | -86.7% |
| Delbert E. Wiedeman | $14,533 | $13,807 | -5% |
| John Schreiner | $20,080 | $13,694 | -31.8% |
| Marvin Nimz | $19,713 | $13,418 | -31.9% |
| William J. Turley Jr. | $44,814 | $13,109 | -70.7% |
| Frank R. Kaiser Jr. | $24,554 | $12,808 | -47.8% |
| Lucas J Meiar | $13,956 | $12,174 | -12.8% |
| Susan Noah | $13,573 | $11,876 | -12.5% |
| Cottonwood Springs Land and Cattle Partnership | $17,577 | $11,739 | -33.2% |
| Lance D. Kinderknecht | $40,465 | $11,710 | -71.1% |
| James A. Richmeier Sr. | $28,396 | $11,704 | -58.8% |
| Ryan Day | $38,078 | $11,699 | -69.3% |
| Max J. Atwood | $23,476 | $11,589 | -50.6% |
| Melvin - Melvin&marian Fabrizius Liv Trustee R Fabrizius | $31,301 | $10,994 | -64.9% |
| Merlin R. Deines | $20,199 | $10,733 | -46.9% |
| Gerard A. Schoenberger | $28,399 | $10,622 | -62.6% |
| Jim Weigel | $20,140 | $10,433 | -48.2% |
| Spires Land and Cattle, LLC | $14,402 | $10,291 | -28.5% |
| Wacey John Kovarik | $51,567 | $10,275 | -80.1% |
| Bradley-Bradley R & Rachel a Griffith Re R Griffith | $11,459 | $10,186 | -11.1% |
| Carl A. Fabrizius | $30,531 | $9,895 | -67.6% |
| Bernard T. Giefer | $31,118 | $9,869 | -68.3% |
| Bliss Enterprises, LLC | $10,739 | $9,662 | -10% |
| Richard Parke | $30,727 | $9,420 | -69.3% |
| Patrick Wanker | $18,856 | $9,335 | -50.5% |
| Kenneth Neff | $25,223 | $8,988 | -64.4% |
| Kirk Johnston | $17,594 | $8,617 | -51% |
| Mark Zeman | $22,744 | $8,615 | -62.1% |
| John Howard | $44,187 | $8,524 | -80.7% |
| Bill Griebel | $30,350 | $8,478 | -72.1% |
| Hixson Farms, Inc. | $13,804 | $8,445 | -38.8% |
| Jeremiah Burbach | $26,415 | $7,980 | -69.8% |
| R. J. Ziegler | $14,999 | $7,942 | -47% |
| Derek R. Walt | $34,607 | $7,858 | -77.3% |
| Keith L. Walt | $35,716 | $7,858 | -78% |
| Bartcher & SK Squared Ventures, LLC | $4,133 | $7,782 | 88.3% |
| Charlotte R. Wanker | $16,193 | $7,434 | -54.1% |
| Lance Ziegler | $18,551 | $7,400 | -60.1% |
| Steven Griebel | $20,894 | $7,381 | -64.7% |
| Remis W. Schneider | $7,110 | $7,110 | 0% |
| Terry L. Griffith | $17,564 | $6,975 | -60.3% |
| Tyler R. Walt | $14,064 | $6,945 | -50.6% |
| Dennis M. Deines | $16,911 | $6,732 | -60.2% |
| George R. Delaney | $15,915 | $6,676 | -58.1% |
| Vince N. Weigel | $6,931 | $6,651 | -4% |
| Chad Schoenthaler | $21,555 | $6,628 | -69.3% |
| Janice-Janice K Hacker Trust Hacker | $9,666 | $6,541 | -32.3% |
| Ian Harvey | $9,593 | $6,288 | -34.5% |
| Thomas H. O'Toole Trust | $9,472 | $5,929 | -37.4% |
| Magdalena Uhrich | $8,178 | $5,791 | -29.2% |
| Darrell W. Hladek | $5,783 | $5,783 | 0% |
| Korey Broeckelman | $8,971 | $5,697 | -36.5% |
| Christopher James Mader | $22,813 | $5,662 | -75.2% |
| Purinton Living Trust | $12,312 | $5,582 | -54.7% |
| Terry L Neyer-T&L Neyer Trust | $6,732 | $5,446 | -19.1% |
| Don Albin Farms, LLC | $5,387 | $5,387 | 0% |
| Chauncy Schneider | $25,863 | $5,352 | -79.3% |
| David L Hendricks Revocable Trust | $7,246 | $5,276 | -27.2% |
| Mary Ruth Hendricks Revocable Trustee | $7,246 | $5,276 | -27.2% |
| Nancy E. Bollig | $41,253 | $5,179 | -87.4% |
| Lynd Family Trust | $11,154 | $5,111 | -54.2% |
| Peter G. Parke | $15,269 | $5,095 | -66.6% |
| Robert Zeman | $11,853 | $4,936 | -58.4% |
| Lattin Family Farms, Inc. | $11,712 | $4,866 | -58.5% |
| Rohleder Farms, LLC | $4,844 | $4,844 | 0% |
| William Ottley | $16,989 | $4,838 | -71.5% |
| Albert-Albert R. Yanke Trust R Yanke | $10,627 | $4,836 | -54.5% |
| Steve Lee Schoenthaler | $16,527 | $4,817 | -70.9% |
| Robert J Parke Family Trust | $10,145 | $4,578 | -54.9% |
| Blaine Walt | $8,375 | $4,564 | -45.5% |
| Doug and Laura Malsam Irrevocable Farm Trust | $8,509 | $4,468 | -47.5% |
| Shirley R. Mai | $6,151 | $4,418 | -28.2% |
| Dallas Joseph Schneider | $11,620 | $4,410 | -62% |
| DTW Services, Inc. | $6,937 | $4,409 | -36.4% |
| William Wynn | $6,904 | $4,391 | -36.4% |
| Virginia L Hafliger Living Trust | $10,413 | $4,235 | -59.3% |
| Glenn G. Ziegler | $8,633 | $4,222 | -51.1% |
| Waite Farm, LLC | $3,385 | $4,194 | 23.9% |
| Dave Tillitson | $5,941 | $4,112 | -30.8% |
| Garry Hollandworth | $10,832 | $4,009 | -63% |
| Darrell C Phillips Revocable Trust | $8,820 | $3,960 | -55.1% |
| Laverne Schoenthaler | $10,278 | $3,957 | -61.5% |
| Kelle S. Tillitson | $3,928 | $3,928 | 0% |
| Larry J. Walt | $9,418 | $3,883 | -58.8% |
| Rusty D. Klitzke | $13,902 | $3,791 | -72.7% |
| Marion Parke Rev Trust | $10,932 | $3,735 | -65.8% |
| Connie L. Griffith | $10,666 | $3,655 | -65.7% |
| Marilyn Deines | $3,598 | $3,598 | 0% |
| Hedwig Niedens Living Trust Niedens | $0 | $3,572 | -- |
| Nicholas P. Schroeder | $9,057 | $3,536 | -61% |
| Eric L. Wilds | $3,419 | $3,499 | 2.3% |
| Lavonne Reeder M. Tr | $4,800 | $3,383 | -29.5% |
| Jason R. Richeson | $20,666 | $3,361 | -83.7% |
| Steve-Rohleder Family Trust Rohleder | $3,231 | $3,231 | 0% |
| David L. Schneider | $9,919 | $3,187 | -67.9% |
| Charles R. Rhoades | $3,091 | $3,091 | 0% |
| Crystal A. Schneider | $3,047 | $3,047 | 0% |
| William-Wm S Benkelman Living Trust Benkelman | $4,826 | $2,996 | -37.9% |
| Myron D. Malinowsky | $5,251 | $2,990 | -43.1% |
| Edwin-Edwin Schmeidler JR Living Trust Schmeidler JR | $6,830 | $2,957 | -56.7% |
| Kenneth E. Kinderknecht | $6,153 | $2,956 | -52% |
| Regina Riedel | $6,891 | $2,932 | -57.5% |
| Eric Hendrickson | $12,845 | $2,855 | -77.8% |
| Hardy D. Howard | $5,076 | $2,800 | -44.8% |
| Larry C. Hixson | $6,350 | $2,740 | -56.9% |
| Marjorie M Rohr Estate | $0 | $2,719 | -- |
| Max Weissbeck | $2,668 | $2,576 | -3.4% |
| Gerald H. Armbruster | $4,809 | $2,570 | -46.6% |
| David J. Schneider | $2,688 | $2,329 | -13.4% |
| Ray Stithem | $3,959 | $2,288 | -42.2% |
| Jerry Wedermyer | $3,572 | $2,237 | -37.4% |
| Lavern Walt | $6,171 | $2,193 | -64.5% |
| Cheryl J Deines Rvoc Trustee | $0 | $2,093 | -- |
| Caden James Kinderknecht | $9,288 | $2,050 | -77.9% |
| The Pfeifer Living Trust | $5,210 | $2,016 | -61.3% |
| Beverly A. Armbruster | $4,877 | $2,005 | -58.9% |
| Connie L. Waite | $4,042 | $1,938 | -52.1% |
| Damon R. Breit | $0 | $1,834 | -- |
| Cody Garrett | $3,965 | $1,819 | -54.1% |
| Douglas A. Malsam | $2,172 | $1,803 | -17% |
| Theresa Waite Irrev Trustee 1 | $7,322 | $1,802 | -75.4% |
| Steve Shepard | $5,581 | $1,788 | -68% |
| Chad Deines | $7,898 | $1,782 | -77.4% |
| Mary Ann Porter Estate | $1,080 | $1,755 | 62.5% |
| Verna Kay Flax | $4,168 | $1,638 | -60.7% |
| Kerry-Kerry Mae Hobbick Farm Trustee Mae Hobbick | $1,694 | $1,635 | -3.5% |
| Bill Wynn | $13,998 | $1,572 | -88.8% |
| Carolyn Riggs | $1,558 | $1,558 | 0% |
| Gorman M. Glaze | $5,030 | $1,533 | -69.5% |
| Earl Edward Kvasnicka Liv Trust | $2,722 | $1,410 | -48.2% |
| MRS Joan-Robert Berens & Joan Berens Liv Trustee Berens | $2,559 | $1,402 | -45.2% |
| David-David and Lucy Conness Living Trus Conness | $8,687 | $1,389 | -84% |
| Donald E. Deines | $2,033 | $1,377 | -32.3% |
| Jay Hendrickson | $6,930 | $1,375 | -80.2% |
| Bret Joseph Conness | $8,584 | $1,365 | -84.1% |
| Lincoln Brungardt | $0 | $1,320 | -- |
| Sandra K. Purinton | $1,273 | $1,238 | -2.7% |
| June A. Elliott | $1,890 | $1,237 | -34.6% |
| Fred H Waldo, Inc. | $3,378 | $1,198 | -64.5% |
| Gale Scanlon | $2,834 | $1,190 | -58% |
| Duane Morgan | $5,635 | $1,147 | -79.6% |
| Danny Heier | $4,411 | $1,134 | -74.3% |
| Chris A. Felder | $2,327 | $1,117 | -52% |
| Curtis W. Deines | $927 | $1,072 | 15.6% |
| Pamela L. Schmidtberger | $0 | $1,003 | -- |
| Leighton A. Schoenberger | $20,148 | $991 | -95.1% |
| James Roy Ruder | $1,927 | $982 | -49% |
| Taylor Andrew Riedel | $5,148 | $980 | -81% |
| Wesley W. Sherfick | $1,130 | $966 | -14.5% |
| Curtis Satran | $5,052 | $938 | -81.4% |
| Hobbs Brothers | $6,401 | $930 | -85.5% |
| Edward L Deges | $6,188 | $913 | -85.2% |
| Charles D & Darlene Farr Trust | $2,132 | $904 | -57.6% |
| Mitchell B. Schmitt | $659 | $882 | 33.8% |
| Waldo Farms, LLC | $1,655 | $863 | -47.9% |
| Mary Lou Harvey Liv Trust Agreement | $0 | $812 | -- |
| Aaron Satran | $3,520 | $810 | -77% |
| James P. Hendrickson | $2,189 | $799 | -63.5% |
| Robert H. Schamberger | $2,659 | $790 | -70.3% |
| Kathryn Shubert | $810 | $788 | -2.7% |
| June E. Morrison | $5,898 | $734 | -87.6% |
| Rulene Rosproy | $679 | $679 | 0% |
| Elaine Randall | $1,515 | $671 | -55.7% |
| Aden Glaze | $7,482 | $630 | -91.6% |
| Larry L. Dietz | $840 | $630 | -25% |
| Patricia L. Berg | $534 | $611 | 14.4% |
| Johnny D. Howard Jr. | $3,481 | $606 | -82.6% |
| Alvin J. Schuster | $1,273 | $586 | -54% |
| Penny D. Lynd | $546 | $546 | 0% |
| Clint Diver | $2,432 | $536 | -78% |
| Viola P. Phillips | $1,206 | $521 | -56.8% |
| Cassie Neff | $2,340 | $518 | -77.9% |
| Leroy Schmidtberger | $2,568 | $503 | -80.4% |
| Jimmie H. Nelson | $1,272 | $500 | -60.7% |
| Greg A. Keyser | $1,336 | $464 | -65.3% |
| Dannie L. Albert | $1,577 | $456 | -71.1% |
| Willard P. Phillips | $827 | $448 | -45.8% |
| Kelton Unrein | $3,107 | $422 | -86.4% |
| Blake Fritts | $2,002 | $422 | -78.9% |
| Arlene Garrett | $790 | $407 | -48.5% |
| William Hendrickson | $0 | $377 | -- |
| Tristan McVicker | $4,070 | $338 | -91.7% |
| Jarold D Scanlon Revocable Trust No 1 Dated Sept 4, 2012 | $592 | $318 | -46.3% |
| Matthew Neff | $1,133 | $315 | -72.2% |
| Sharon Mae O'Toole | $1,367 | $314 | -77% |
| Brandon Neff | $0 | $307 | -- |
| Peggy White | $632 | $304 | -51.9% |
| Richard H. Wahl | $924 | $224 | -75.8% |
| Galen Flax | $1,045 | $208 | -80.1% |
| Richard Richard & Judy Hearting Liv Trustee Hearting | $20,242 | $200 | -99% |
| Donald F. Geist | $4,051 | $104 | -97.4% |
| Miles Cook | $1,836 | $0 | -100% |
| Parke Family Farms | $4,776 | $0 | -100% |
| Sondra A. Jones | $7,133 | $0 | -100% |
| A Harry Cronn - a Harry and Amanda Cronn Living Trust | $47,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Albert & Roseann Malsam Irrevocable Trust | $1,403 | $0 | -100% |
| Albin, Inc. | $44,536 | $0 | -100% |
| Blaine Dryden | $769 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett Micheal Herman | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Caroline Flax | $2,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine D Cronn Irrevocable Trust | $2,435 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Albin Estate | $6,908 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas M. Albin | $11,634 | $0 | -100% |
| Galen R. Waggoner II | $418 | $0 | -100% |
| John Mai | $329 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry D. Keyser | $5,943 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie Billinger | $11,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Newman Living Trust | $478 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip A. Sandelin | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L & Joan Berens Living Trust | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosalie Cheney | $1,046 | $0 | -100% |
| Tate Cook | $1,938 | $0 | -100% |
| The Mcintosh Living Trust | $4,898 | $0 | -100% |
| The Niedens Living Trust | $3,727 | $0 | -100% |
| William H. Spires | $2,016 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,228,996 | $3,756,835 | -63.3% |
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