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In 2021, 189 farmers in cities within Converse County received a total of $3.7 million in 350 farm subsidies, a 45.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.9 million in 453 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 Converse County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| J P Werner & Sons, Inc. | $224,746 | $217,860 | -3.1% |
| Mill Iron Spear Ranch, Inc. | $218,435 | $211,231 | -3.3% |
| Mountain Valley Livestock, Inc. | $198,442 | $157,575 | -20.6% |
| Two Creek Land and Livestock, LLC | $118,440 | $149,156 | 25.9% |
| 88 Ranch Land & Livestock, Inc. | $138,215 | $148,506 | 7.4% |
| Stephen A. Moore | $111,048 | $143,949 | 29.6% |
| Richard Cross | $150,849 | $128,746 | -14.7% |
| Smith Sheep Company | $152,870 | $117,875 | -22.9% |
| Joe Netz | $107,384 | $107,041 | -0.3% |
| Alvin W. Manning | $127,588 | $95,718 | -25% |
| W I Moore Ranch Company | $67,064 | $93,631 | 39.6% |
| Sullivan Ranch, Inc. | $98,267 | $80,624 | -18% |
| Table Mountain, LLC | $88,132 | $62,200 | -29.4% |
| Middleton Land Company | $12,136 | $60,954 | 402.3% |
| Cristina Porter | $38,703 | $60,310 | 55.8% |
| John A. Riehle | $266,412 | $57,970 | -78.2% |
| Turkey Track Livestock Company | $83,369 | $56,908 | -31.7% |
| Debra Murray | $62,747 | $56,307 | -10.3% |
| Tillard Brothers | $229,141 | $53,026 | -76.9% |
| George Etchemendy Revocable Trust | $53,624 | $50,666 | -5.5% |
| Linda K. Rhamy | $34,375 | $49,757 | 44.7% |
| Reed Land, LLC | $125,294 | $46,200 | -63.1% |
| Harold Haefele | $195,181 | $44,221 | -77.3% |
| Turtle Rock Ranch, LLC | $36,432 | $43,488 | 19.4% |
| Richard C. Grant Jr. | $53,488 | $42,585 | -20.4% |
| Randy E. Cole | $35,522 | $41,568 | 17% |
| Vollman Ranches, Inc. | $264,967 | $41,273 | -84.4% |
| Lankister Livestock Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $39,690 | -- |
| Hornbuckle Ranch, Inc. | $117,509 | $38,232 | -67.5% |
| Rising 3 Livestock, LLC | $94,451 | $38,118 | -59.6% |
| Pronghorn Ranch, LLC | $26,893 | $38,101 | 41.7% |
| Z Lazy Y Ranch, LLC | $86,230 | $37,340 | -56.7% |
| Amanda Moore | $73,054 | $35,489 | -51.4% |
| Ruth Anne Smathers | $33,550 | $34,507 | 2.9% |
| Stellpflug Cattle Company, LLC | $41,108 | $34,346 | -16.4% |
| Kenneth J. Pickinpaugh | $21,164 | $32,206 | 52.2% |
| Ogalalla Ranch Company, LLC | $0 | $30,690 | -- |
| Neil Forgey | $111,680 | $27,864 | -75.1% |
| Judy - S. Hageman Revocable Trust | $0 | $26,958 | -- |
| Forgey / Smith Angus Ranch, LLC | $123,453 | $26,542 | -78.5% |
| Marlon E. Schlup | $20,086 | $25,999 | 29.4% |
| Sno-Shoe Ranch, Inc. | $17,523 | $23,369 | 33.4% |
| John Forgey | $62,262 | $23,320 | -62.5% |
| Henry Gray | $45,654 | $22,776 | -50.1% |
| George P Etchemendy | $98,036 | $22,697 | -76.8% |
| Roy Strock | $23,676 | $22,476 | -5.1% |
| Hardy Ranch, LLC | $184,625 | $22,286 | -87.9% |
| Rafter Cross Livestock, LLC | $105,963 | $21,215 | -80% |
| Lisco Ranch, LLC | $128,545 | $19,105 | -85.1% |
| Ammie Murray | $15,178 | $18,892 | 24.5% |
| Amanda Lovitt | $17,666 | $17,726 | 0.3% |
| Trent Boner | $34,167 | $17,445 | -48.9% |
| Donald - Blackburn Revocable Trust Blackburn | $0 | $17,429 | -- |
| Cooper Gray | $38,695 | $16,076 | -58.5% |
| Mitchell Lee Falkenburg | $47,347 | $15,832 | -66.6% |
| Shawn M. Daly | $32,782 | $15,287 | -53.4% |
| Dave Thomson | $0 | $15,083 | -- |
| Burks Wagon-Tongue Ranch, LLC | $55,845 | $14,611 | -73.8% |
| Travis Reid Wills Revocable Trust-Travis Wills | $0 | $14,566 | -- |
| Sharon Kay Lovitt | $15,169 | $13,122 | -13.5% |
| Charles Engebretsen | $25,802 | $12,970 | -49.7% |
| Barbara Louise Gubbels Rev Living Trust | $0 | $12,443 | -- |
| Rona Bruegger | $23,387 | $12,423 | -46.9% |
| Tom Strock | $15,113 | $11,750 | -22.3% |
| Gordon Delyea | $64,504 | $11,631 | -82% |
| Sims Ranches, Inc. | $11,047 | $11,047 | 0% |
| David C. Claus | $47,936 | $10,689 | -77.7% |
| William N. Grant | $9,691 | $10,538 | 8.7% |
| Irwin Livestock Company | $50,479 | $10,385 | -79.4% |
| Donna L York Revocable Trust | $7,634 | $9,409 | 23.3% |
| Casey E. Darr | $39,220 | $9,299 | -76.3% |
| Howard Huxtable | $18,249 | $9,148 | -49.9% |
| Gordon Dana Fitzhugh | $16,115 | $9,011 | -44.1% |
| Robert A. Clausen | $35,844 | $8,976 | -75% |
| Seebaum Land & Livestock, Inc. | $38,412 | $8,665 | -77.4% |
| Tiffany M. Hampson | $13,821 | $8,531 | -38.3% |
| Scott L. Vermilyea | $8,557 | $8,042 | -6% |
| Richard Lisco | $30,241 | $7,792 | -74.2% |
| Moriah Moore | $43,501 | $7,682 | -82.3% |
| Tomi Strock D. Riordan | $64,927 | $7,399 | -88.6% |
| Marjory Hildebrand | $15,872 | $7,158 | -54.9% |
| C & D Ranch, LLC | $8,888 | $7,022 | -21% |
| Prager Ranches, Inc. | $33,814 | $6,999 | -79.3% |
| Warren A. Manning | $0 | $6,986 | -- |
| Fred Larsen | $19,563 | $6,938 | -64.5% |
| Falkenburg Ranch Partnership | $13,388 | $6,861 | -48.8% |
| Spring Creek Land & Cattle, LLC | $30,869 | $6,825 | -77.9% |
| Frankie Addington | $32,857 | $6,679 | -79.7% |
| Kathleen Berryman | $9,165 | $6,407 | -30.1% |
| Deer Creek Grazing Association | $0 | $6,291 | -- |
| Fitzhugh Ranch, LLC | $15,176 | $6,196 | -59.2% |
| Curtis Homestead Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $6,148 | -- |
| Bart J. Gray | $39,314 | $6,050 | -84.6% |
| Zach M. Hansberger | $32,026 | $5,876 | -81.7% |
| Pierre Etchemendy | $27,544 | $5,756 | -79.1% |
| Frank Prado | $4,746 | $5,621 | 18.4% |
| James H. Brow | $14,940 | $5,436 | -63.6% |
| Barbara L Gubbels Family Trust-Barbara Gubbels | $0 | $5,122 | -- |
| Lisa B. Daly | $4,274 | $4,989 | 16.7% |
| Michael J. Werner | $31,363 | $4,861 | -84.5% |
| George W. Yarborough | $16,595 | $4,817 | -71% |
| Kerry C. Mills | $11,158 | $4,789 | -57.1% |
| Vivika Deviney | $4,844 | $4,767 | -1.6% |
| Indian Creek Ranch | $0 | $4,504 | -- |
| Gregory Thomas Addleman | $19,713 | $4,476 | -77.3% |
| Curley Trust Agreement | $2,425 | $4,311 | 77.8% |
| Ryan Boner | $233,513 | $4,182 | -98.2% |
| Donald Stewart | $0 | $4,125 | -- |
| Clausen Ranches | $19,250 | $4,111 | -78.6% |
| Carol A. Fenner | $4,057 | $4,057 | 0% |
| Connie K. Glenn | $0 | $4,051 | -- |
| Robert Keeler | $3,846 | $3,899 | 1.4% |
| Nathan Lane | $19,646 | $3,896 | -80.2% |
| Alexander Cross, Inc. | $23,122 | $3,672 | -84.1% |
| Richard Wallis | $9,019 | $3,408 | -62.2% |
| Monte L. Duff | $3,872 | $3,321 | -14.2% |
| Moore & Moore Livestock, LLC | $42,481 | $3,310 | -92.2% |
| John N. Grant | $15,718 | $3,172 | -79.8% |
| Lewis L. Stock Jr. | $0 | $3,060 | -- |
| Stephens Ranch, LLC | $15,087 | $3,001 | -80.1% |
| Justin Kapp | $14,608 | $2,992 | -79.5% |
| Jason William Gray | $14,969 | $2,936 | -80.4% |
| Aaron Clausen | $14,168 | $2,721 | -80.8% |
| Lee R. Hansen | $3,033 | $2,627 | -13.4% |
| Blake A. Mills | $0 | $2,600 | -- |
| Mr. William Fitzhugh | $1,518 | $2,538 | 67.2% |
| John T. Leman | $0 | $2,490 | -- |
| Bridgit Overturf | $19,495 | $2,186 | -88.8% |
| Rudy D. Oliver | $9,453 | $2,168 | -77.1% |
| Michael Marso | $1,633 | $2,143 | 31.2% |
| Vicki J. Horn | $0 | $2,131 | -- |
| Donna W. Grant | $10,428 | $2,131 | -79.6% |
| G Spear Land & Livestock, LLC | $20,253 | $2,010 | -90.1% |
| Julie A. Cushman | $12,663 | $1,987 | -84.3% |
| Albert R. Hildebrand Jr. | $0 | $1,946 | -- |
| Brendon Grant | $10,287 | $1,929 | -81.2% |
| Rosa L. Olson | $2,106 | $1,761 | -16.4% |
| Thad Isenberger | $12,374 | $1,724 | -86.1% |
| Gary L. Johnson | $20,202 | $1,680 | -91.7% |
| Brendan Blackburn | $7,216 | $1,526 | -78.9% |
| Sandra Irene | $2,271 | $1,485 | -34.6% |
| Tony Lehner | $5,016 | $1,454 | -71% |
| Amber Hildebrand | $9,933 | $1,453 | -85.4% |
| Joshua B. Wallis | $3,267 | $1,433 | -56.1% |
| Jeff Falkenburg | $3,828 | $1,406 | -63.3% |
| Angela Grant | $5,599 | $1,342 | -76% |
| Craig Grant | $5,588 | $1,294 | -76.8% |
| Benjean L Braun | $5,929 | $1,250 | -78.9% |
| Robert A. Wallis | $5,896 | $1,236 | -79% |
| Eagle Ridge Bison | $0 | $1,113 | -- |
| Michele Haefele | $6,446 | $1,105 | -82.9% |
| Joshua Michael Ulibarri | $5,115 | $1,019 | -80.1% |
| Lebert Revocable Trust | $2,849 | $999 | -64.9% |
| Heather Jacobson | $4,840 | $970 | -80% |
| Margaret McAtee | $653 | $947 | 45% |
| Melanie Schroeder | $4,510 | $945 | -79% |
| Rod Lebert | $0 | $925 | -- |
| John R. Sullivan | $4,761 | $900 | -81.1% |
| High Road Land Company | $4,686 | $900 | -80.8% |
| Tim L. Pexton | $4,059 | $896 | -77.9% |
| Beth Ann Cole | $7,600 | $866 | -88.6% |
| Vicky Loomis J. Hathaway | $3,964 | $850 | -78.6% |
| Dawn Pexton | $3,949 | $830 | -79% |
| Vernon G. Praska | $764 | $764 | 0% |
| Sharon Samp | $0 | $731 | -- |
| Lance Strock | $3,278 | $568 | -82.7% |
| Dale Heinen | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Matthew Peterson | $2,541 | $546 | -78.5% |
| Ryan Stewart | $2,541 | $540 | -78.7% |
| Blake A. Mills | $7,248 | $505 | -93% |
| Larry Steeley | $0 | $431 | -- |
| Jarred Lee Bower | $1,067 | $414 | -61.2% |
| Charles C Bristow Estate | $8,540 | $392 | -95.4% |
| Brent Strock | $1,859 | $360 | -80.6% |
| Robert M. Halverson | $1,474 | $313 | -78.8% |
| Mara Lynn Moore | $1,485 | $308 | -79.3% |
| Cody Mills | $792 | $301 | -62% |
| Larry D. Cundall | $0 | $295 | -- |
| Bobbiejo Ann Gibbs | $1,122 | $260 | -76.8% |
| Travis Reid Ewing | $1,479 | $201 | -86.4% |
| Richard C. Bishop | $359 | $176 | -51% |
| Veva Addleman | $435 | $117 | -73.1% |
| Laura Bunting | $0 | $94 | -- |
| Todd Bunting | $0 | $94 | -- |
| Timothy William Momerak | $0 | $55 | -- |
| Jennifer Jane Smathers | $85 | $46 | -45.9% |
| Doris Fay Curyea | $0 | $41 | -- |
| 7 Bar T Corporation | $8,041 | $24 | -99.7% |
| Roger Haefele | $2,889 | $17 | -99.4% |
| Barbara L Gubbels Family Trust | $6,659 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara L Gubbels Family Trust-Ba | $9,936 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Louise Gubbels Rev Living | $25,846 | $0 | -100% |
| Cowboy Hildebrand | $8,811 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Homestead Irrevocable Trus | $6,148 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald - Blackburn Revocable Trus | $17,986 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest Ericson Zinn III | $4,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Hageman Sisters | $7,042 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey J Reynolds Living Trust | $8,081 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois J Hoopman and Ray I Hoopman | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| Paige M. Garcia | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Phipps | $1,140 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter J. Moffatt | $8,948 | $0 | -100% |
| Robinson Ranch Company, LLC | $1,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Trae C Seebaum | $19,217 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Reid Wills Revocable Trust | $18,889 | $0 | -100% |
| Water Wheel Farm, LLC | $1,096 | $0 | -100% |
| Danis C. Hildebrand | $2,415 | $0 | -100% |
| James Dona | $7,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Wolfley | $572 | $0 | -100% |
| Lankister Livestock Enterprises L | $66,895 | $0 | -100% |
| White Creek Ranch, LLC | $558 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,853,708 | $3,717,707 | -45.8% |
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