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In 2021, 231 farmers in cities within Riley County received a total of $1.6 million in 520 farm subsidies, a 71.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.6 million in 921 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 Riley County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Nelson | $444,374 | $86,227 | -80.6% |
| Russell C. Wahl | $202,573 | $73,715 | -63.6% |
| Royce Rothlisberger | $182,738 | $52,282 | -71.4% |
| Mark a Sylvester & Lisa M Sylvester Trust | $162,764 | $46,310 | -71.5% |
| Jan S. Dreith | $175,152 | $45,594 | -74% |
| Steven Glanzer | $116,907 | $43,073 | -63.2% |
| Roger Nelson | $161,342 | $42,489 | -73.7% |
| Jay Michael Mall | $98,939 | $36,573 | -63% |
| Sump Agent, Inc. | $107,506 | $33,921 | -68.4% |
| Visser Farms, Inc. | $136,088 | $31,837 | -76.6% |
| John Chaffee | $100,470 | $28,671 | -71.5% |
| William J. Hanson | $134,245 | $27,915 | -79.2% |
| Dean a Larson Revocable Trust | $79,669 | $27,339 | -65.7% |
| James James & Candy Rudolph Trustee 8/28/19 a Rudolph | $71,980 | $26,556 | -63.1% |
| Thurlow Farms, Inc. | $77,917 | $25,875 | -66.8% |
| Pfaff Farms General Partnership | $94,959 | $25,613 | -73% |
| Hofmann Family Rev Trust | $73,141 | $24,827 | -66.1% |
| Galen a Hofmann Trust | $80,525 | $24,060 | -70.1% |
| Nathan Emanuel Larson & Suzanne Nolen Larson Trust | $54,790 | $24,046 | -56.1% |
| Jeffry Jacob Altwegg and Leann Jeanne Wassenberg Altwegg Trustee | $98,625 | $23,614 | -76.1% |
| Service Member Agricultural Vocation Education | $11,989 | $21,529 | 79.6% |
| Roy Larson | $81,588 | $20,487 | -74.9% |
| Tyler S Vathauer | $75,313 | $20,193 | -73.2% |
| Alan Nelson | $90,472 | $18,313 | -79.8% |
| Michael A. Hagenmaier | $56,844 | $17,831 | -68.6% |
| Jordan Tyler Hagenmaier | $59,606 | $17,743 | -70.2% |
| Klocke Farms, LLC | $52,869 | $17,395 | -67.1% |
| Adam M. Nelson | $79,073 | $16,222 | -79.5% |
| Kelley Brenner | $37,305 | $16,135 | -56.7% |
| Dreith Farm Partnership | $60,132 | $15,842 | -73.7% |
| Gary Buss | $70,690 | $15,780 | -77.7% |
| Charles Ray Dugan | $29,450 | $14,896 | -49.4% |
| Carl Larson | $52,799 | $14,686 | -72.2% |
| Lee I. Tucker | $62,571 | $14,507 | -76.8% |
| Steven L. Hargrave | $54,885 | $13,822 | -74.8% |
| Steven W. Strauss | $42,162 | $13,674 | -67.6% |
| Edgar R. Copeland | $25,462 | $13,247 | -48% |
| Robert A. Kulp | $39,454 | $12,611 | -68% |
| Bruce Wurtz | $56,012 | $12,529 | -77.6% |
| Roger M. Potts | $50,650 | $11,827 | -76.6% |
| Wendell and Brenda Anderson Trust | $34,690 | $11,481 | -66.9% |
| John David Llewelyn | $6,122 | $11,448 | 87% |
| Harwood Shawver- Jv | $22,388 | $10,787 | -51.8% |
| James Brenner | $28,819 | $10,701 | -62.9% |
| Jamie Hageman | $15,907 | $9,973 | -37.3% |
| Robert Whearty | $30,218 | $9,519 | -68.5% |
| Justin Henry Visser | $33,667 | $9,464 | -71.9% |
| Roger Stone | $26,752 | $8,869 | -66.8% |
| David-David L & Judith V Regehr Trust L Regehr | $18,647 | $8,706 | -53.3% |
| Russell Peterson | $30,521 | $8,520 | -72.1% |
| Garrett Smith Olson | $11,012 | $8,446 | -23.3% |
| Trenton K. Hargrave | $25,002 | $8,373 | -66.5% |
| Bruce Kaump | $43,080 | $8,314 | -80.7% |
| Gary L. Hargrave | $21,370 | $7,561 | -64.6% |
| Marion Brenner | $13,722 | $7,534 | -45.1% |
| Warren and Gleora Strauss Rev Trust | $8,410 | $7,275 | -13.5% |
| Steve L. Hanson | $15,628 | $7,264 | -53.5% |
| Lance Kenneth Holle | $14,526 | $7,171 | -50.6% |
| Kermit E & Jessie M Sundgren Trust | $17,042 | $6,919 | -59.4% |
| Waylon Flohr | $16,787 | $6,861 | -59.1% |
| Shultz Family Real Estate, LLC | $4,290 | $6,814 | 58.8% |
| Ted C. Schroeder | $19,270 | $6,654 | -65.5% |
| Nicholas A. Hargrave | $26,586 | $6,649 | -75% |
| Gary Hanna | $12,109 | $6,397 | -47.2% |
| Brian Still | $34,343 | $6,259 | -81.8% |
| Grater Cattle, LLC | $35,138 | $6,080 | -82.7% |
| Lewis Shepard | $11,247 | $6,007 | -46.6% |
| Vinton Visser | $10,684 | $5,984 | -44% |
| Jacob Andrew Hagenmaier | $23,413 | $5,971 | -74.5% |
| The Nelson Family Trust | $16,050 | $5,912 | -63.2% |
| Brent Bulk | $18,991 | $5,873 | -69.1% |
| Travis W. Stumpff | $15,065 | $5,837 | -61.3% |
| Kenny Dwight Hopper | $14,204 | $5,764 | -59.4% |
| Norman H Danielsen Trust | $6,564 | $5,690 | -13.3% |
| Steven L. Melvin | $7,694 | $5,588 | -27.4% |
| Byron Andrew White | $0 | $5,230 | -- |
| David Burgman | $22,142 | $5,226 | -76.4% |
| James I. Steele | $13,577 | $5,128 | -62.2% |
| Roger Sundgren | $16,674 | $5,086 | -69.5% |
| Dennis Hoard | $5,544 | $5,057 | -8.8% |
| Gerald-Gerald G & Martha E Powell Trustee Powell | $5,460 | $4,989 | -8.6% |
| Gene Ruthstrom | $19,048 | $4,985 | -73.8% |
| Shoup Farms, LLC | $7,542 | $4,687 | -37.9% |
| Steven E. Salzman | $7,756 | $4,656 | -40% |
| Ross Wahl | $12,508 | $4,384 | -65% |
| Jared A. Hopper | $10,903 | $4,073 | -62.6% |
| Frank Hagenmaier | $10,650 | $3,894 | -63.4% |
| Scott Howe | $12,256 | $3,856 | -68.5% |
| Wieters Family, LLC | $4,162 | $3,835 | -7.9% |
| Erica A. Schardein | $3,807 | $3,750 | -1.5% |
| Mildred D Kunze Trust | $7,379 | $3,718 | -49.6% |
| Donald A. Trumpp | $14,870 | $3,685 | -75.2% |
| Merlin W Potts Trust | $16,315 | $3,606 | -77.9% |
| Terry Henry | $16,162 | $3,505 | -78.3% |
| Harden Farms, Inc. | $6,964 | $3,391 | -51.3% |
| Ralph Wahl | $11,561 | $3,375 | -70.8% |
| Gary Hageman | $9,187 | $3,338 | -63.7% |
| Kirk Norris | $9,526 | $3,234 | -66.1% |
| Edward D Olson Trust | $7,380 | $3,215 | -56.4% |
| Garth Hopper | $27,492 | $3,176 | -88.4% |
| John E. Brenner | $11,264 | $3,156 | -72% |
| Arlan H and Nancy L Bohnenblust Rev Trust | $7,116 | $3,118 | -56.2% |
| Jeremy J. Hinkle | $8,217 | $3,098 | -62.3% |
| David Bruce Mengel | $9,318 | $3,097 | -66.8% |
| Eldon E Sundgren and Beverly J Sundgren Trust Dated Aug 16th | $11,854 | $3,010 | -74.6% |
| Lloyd N. Sando Jr. | $5,231 | $3,006 | -42.5% |
| Victor S. Olson III | $6,641 | $2,984 | -55.1% |
| Sam Doyle | $6,226 | $2,967 | -52.3% |
| Ray D. Thomas | $9,660 | $2,876 | -70.2% |
| John a Wienck | $9,559 | $2,838 | -70.3% |
| Raymond L Nelson & Mildred J Nelson Trust | $5,019 | $2,820 | -43.8% |
| Kenneth Sullivan | $5,702 | $2,697 | -52.7% |
| Alert Covenant Church | $2,599 | $2,599 | 0% |
| Gerod M Glanzer | $6,347 | $2,535 | -60.1% |
| David L. Sharp | $4,867 | $2,473 | -49.2% |
| Lola L Danielsen Trust | $14,734 | $2,374 | -83.9% |
| Howard Sump | $5,639 | $2,330 | -58.7% |
| Michael E. Winter | $7,696 | $2,320 | -69.9% |
| Robert B. Hannan | $8,033 | $2,293 | -71.5% |
| James Peter | $6,043 | $2,235 | -63% |
| Orval and Julia Rothlisberger Living Trust | $5,831 | $2,139 | -63.3% |
| Norman O. Johnson | $6,012 | $1,978 | -67.1% |
| Larry Henry | $13,640 | $1,943 | -85.8% |
| Linda a Copeland - Edgar R Copeland and Linda a Copeland Trustee | $4,774 | $1,942 | -59.3% |
| Joyce E Juhler | $1,919 | $1,919 | 0% |
| Russell-Russell & Karen Grater 5/11/15 Grater | $11,092 | $1,904 | -82.8% |
| Kent Doyen | $2,686 | $1,889 | -29.7% |
| Steven Reed | $1,853 | $1,853 | 0% |
| Richard Hageman | $4,892 | $1,845 | -62.3% |
| Duane-Scardina Trustee Dated 1/31/17 Scardina | $2,778 | $1,818 | -34.6% |
| Daniel D. Higgins | $0 | $1,760 | -- |
| Jerry Ericson | $4,743 | $1,756 | -63% |
| Roger Hageman | $5,237 | $1,669 | -68.1% |
| Charles H. Pfaff | $2,916 | $1,661 | -43% |
| Mr Eldo-Eldo & Elaine Heller Trustee 7/10/18 B Heller | $7,799 | $1,607 | -79.4% |
| PD Oman Farm, LLC | $1,939 | $1,600 | -17.5% |
| T5 Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,590 | -- |
| Janice Camerlinck | $1,577 | $1,577 | 0% |
| Benjamin Hanson | $5,101 | $1,552 | -69.6% |
| Larry D. Hemry | $4,998 | $1,494 | -70.1% |
| Randall Holle | $4,124 | $1,494 | -63.8% |
| Barney Doyle | $3,113 | $1,483 | -52.4% |
| Jeff Doyle | $3,113 | $1,483 | -52.4% |
| Doris J. Fosha | $3,180 | $1,477 | -53.6% |
| Brian D. Wurtz | $23,789 | $1,471 | -93.8% |
| Bernard J. Peterson | $3,235 | $1,448 | -55.2% |
| Janet M. Hopper | $9,230 | $1,438 | -84.4% |
| Evelyn J Shultz Family Trust | $1,046 | $1,424 | 36.1% |
| Jean S. Berstler | $4,476 | $1,382 | -69.1% |
| Esther a Klaassen Trust | $2,319 | $1,375 | -40.7% |
| Rosell Farm, LLC | $3,171 | $1,297 | -59.1% |
| Dallas K. Henry | $5,836 | $1,295 | -77.8% |
| Gary G. Francis | $5,662 | $1,276 | -77.5% |
| Kyra Leann Dettmer | $6,420 | $1,264 | -80.3% |
| Larry Dugan | $2,035 | $1,254 | -38.4% |
| Rusty Berry | $4,969 | $1,232 | -75.2% |
| Steve Rundquist | $3,782 | $1,188 | -68.6% |
| Jeremy E. Behrens | $2,784 | $1,179 | -57.7% |
| Lynn R. Thomas | $3,633 | $1,163 | -68% |
| Charles J. Dugan | $11,116 | $1,158 | -89.6% |
| Ronald K Peter and Ruby E Peter Trust | $1,357 | $1,111 | -18.1% |
| Charlotte Shoup Olsen | $6,592 | $1,105 | -83.2% |
| Matt Pfaff | $1,995 | $1,036 | -48.1% |
| Shirley J. Strauss | $1,018 | $1,018 | 0% |
| R & R Nelson Farm Trust | $87 | $992 | 1,040.2% |
| Barnes IRRV Trustee | $1,867 | $965 | -48.3% |
| Sheldon Tate | $2,506 | $941 | -62.5% |
| Kaleb J. Sullivan | $10,316 | $930 | -91% |
| Thomas W. Buckley | $898 | $898 | 0% |
| Patty J. Erickson | $1,105 | $895 | -19% |
| Ryan Hendricks | $6,977 | $880 | -87.4% |
| Veryl Rundquist | $1,861 | $869 | -53.3% |
| Joel D. McAtee | $4,037 | $862 | -78.6% |
| Christopher J. Deetjen | $836 | $841 | 0.6% |
| Lance Sharp | $837 | $837 | 0% |
| Vern Bulk | $3,108 | $836 | -73.1% |
| Leo Burgman | $2,486 | $834 | -66.5% |
| Rodney Rodney S & Victoria Dugan Trustee Dugan | $1,362 | $828 | -39.2% |
| Shirley J. Johnson | $3,326 | $818 | -75.4% |
| Robert Camerlinck | $10,265 | $793 | -92.3% |
| Dorothy P. Beswick | $1,182 | $700 | -40.8% |
| Brenda Sedlacek | $1,518 | $670 | -55.9% |
| Milo and Elvira Rigel Rev Living Trust-2020 | $499 | $665 | 33.3% |
| Larry G. Ruthstrom | $974 | $662 | -32% |
| Joey Woodworth | $4,456 | $640 | -85.6% |
| John Woodworth | $4,456 | $640 | -85.6% |
| Arlan Trumpp | $7,928 | $636 | -92% |
| Jay Dee Peterson | $2,868 | $625 | -78.2% |
| Ray Burns | $1,254 | $623 | -50.3% |
| Joseph Lance Wright Jr. | $7,699 | $618 | -92% |
| Dale Larson | $3,995 | $617 | -84.6% |
| Neal A. Bassett | $1,600 | $595 | -62.8% |
| Steven Haas | $578 | $578 | 0% |
| Stephen Sinn | $693 | $563 | -18.8% |
| David Threewit | $454 | $544 | 19.8% |
| Dean R. Klentz | $0 | $506 | -- |
| Jeanette Benney | $1,185 | $500 | -57.8% |
| Kenneth M & Ethel M Flohr Irrevocable Trust | $121 | $486 | 301.7% |
| Pamela M. Fajen | $1,085 | $486 | -55.2% |
| Thomas D. Fosha | $841 | $465 | -44.7% |
| Marlene McDonald | $795 | $442 | -44.4% |
| Franklin Cunningham | $747 | $423 | -43.4% |
| Janice L. Johnson | $700 | $413 | -41% |
| Timothy Barnard | $1,710 | $386 | -77.4% |
| John J. Hodgins | $1,441 | $368 | -74.5% |
| Adam Davies | $0 | $343 | -- |
| Nicolas P. Splichal | $321 | $321 | 0% |
| Rikan, Inc. | $493 | $316 | -35.9% |
| Tracy McDonald | $1,243 | $315 | -74.7% |
| Ralph W. Hagenmaier | $974 | $300 | -69.2% |
| Sharron Kay Sump | $978 | $300 | -69.3% |
| Betty Sylvester Revocable Trust | $798 | $285 | -64.3% |
| Richard Joseph Kirmer | $1,507 | $270 | -82.1% |
| Robert Scofield | $0 | $269 | -- |
| Douglas S. Kraemer | $195 | $260 | 33.3% |
| Melvin L. Carlson | $409 | $218 | -46.7% |
| Peggy S. Carlson | $409 | $218 | -46.7% |
| Susan K. Matzke | $361 | $210 | -41.8% |
| Daniel Joseph Hopper | $825 | $187 | -77.3% |
| Jeff Frey | $314 | $187 | -40.4% |
| William J. Neilson | $567 | $136 | -76% |
| Susan A. Stockwell | $758 | $136 | -82.1% |
| Janice A. Davies | $198 | $120 | -39.4% |
| Joe H. Harris | $504 | $118 | -76.6% |
| Marion a Mazouch | $267 | $113 | -57.7% |
| Kaye Klucas | $359 | $112 | -68.8% |
| Rodney J. Troyer | $353 | $75 | -78.8% |
| Jackie Jo Tobler | $112 | $70 | -37.5% |
| Maureen Conn | $257 | $26 | -89.9% |
| Albert Lee | $18 | $5 | -72.2% |
| L & M Jahnke & Sons | $8,123 | $3 | -100% |
| Dean Nelson | $1,720 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna M. Nelson | $201 | $0 | -100% |
| Loren D Oman Trustee Dated 6/6/1996 | $4,082 | $0 | -100% |
| Paulette Kulp | $2,393 | $0 | -100% |
| Garren Walrod | $356,645 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacquelyn K. Sump | $248 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke W. Johnson | $566 | $0 | -100% |
| Noel N. Pfizenmaier | $4,721 | $0 | -100% |
| Pw Farms | $2,080 | $0 | -100% |
| David and Gladys Schurle Trust | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| Inter Vivos Trustee of Peggy J Doyen Date September 27 2010 | $471 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn L. Meyer | $323 | $0 | -100% |
| Milo and Elvira Rigel Rev Living Trust | $1,021 | $0 | -100% |
| Vickie Huff | $163 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade Walters | $2,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,570,810 | $1,593,706 | -71.4% |
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