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In 2021, 255 farmers in cities within Calhoun County received a total of $1.2 million in 432 farm subsidies, a 57.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.8 million in 815 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 Calhoun County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Herren | $51,777 | $48,624 | -6.1% |
| Travis B. Hagen | $160,396 | $47,810 | -70.2% |
| Delbert E. Fraley | $56,696 | $44,567 | -21.4% |
| Joseph M. Hoagland | $65,575 | $42,102 | -35.8% |
| James Ewen | $97,173 | $38,060 | -60.8% |
| Faith Skirvin | $72,579 | $34,286 | -52.8% |
| Dufner Corbett, Inc. | $36,694 | $30,515 | -16.8% |
| Kevin Eberlin Enterprise, Inc. | $84,641 | $28,940 | -65.8% |
| Timothy J. Pranger | $28,196 | $28,637 | 1.6% |
| Norman Becker Jr. | $31,948 | $28,246 | -11.6% |
| Jeremy Augustin Pohlman | $44,583 | $26,879 | -39.7% |
| J & C Farms | $24,788 | $24,788 | 0% |
| Francis M Webster and Barbara a Webster IRRV Trustee 2012 | $25,321 | $24,308 | -4% |
| Lale Jean Lesseg | $23,318 | $22,782 | -2.3% |
| James H. Brodbeck | $32,658 | $21,177 | -35.2% |
| Mike McKinnon | $31,723 | $17,932 | -43.5% |
| Kenneth J Odelehr | $26,595 | $17,546 | -34% |
| Judith A. Benz | $20,891 | $16,969 | -18.8% |
| Clint a Pluester | $64,151 | $16,218 | -74.7% |
| Lance Titus | $17,013 | $16,154 | -5% |
| Phyllis J. Vaughn | $15,534 | $15,534 | 0% |
| Bernard E. Hillen | $115,121 | $13,577 | -88.2% |
| Keith J. Roth | $47,021 | $12,257 | -73.9% |
| Joe Gerson | $22,034 | $11,985 | -45.6% |
| Eilerman Enterprises, LLC | $36,244 | $11,518 | -68.2% |
| I R B Hunt Club, Inc. | $22,064 | $11,508 | -47.8% |
| Kent Schulze | $29,631 | $11,281 | -61.9% |
| Fred Rose | $30,025 | $11,255 | -62.5% |
| Morse S. Desherlia | $11,135 | $11,135 | 0% |
| Raycin Farm | $277,103 | $10,754 | -96.1% |
| Carolyn J. Woelfel | $10,746 | $10,746 | 0% |
| Carmita M Quiller Trust | $10,569 | $10,570 | 0% |
| Joshua R. Zipprich | $77,963 | $10,424 | -86.6% |
| Dennis Neese | $9,755 | $10,188 | 4.4% |
| Chad Brodbeck | $40,597 | $10,158 | -75% |
| Jeff S Freesmeyer | $37,074 | $10,118 | -72.7% |
| Dan Eberlin | $25,352 | $9,761 | -61.5% |
| Scott P. Pohlman | $10,029 | $9,695 | -3.3% |
| Bland Family Irrevocable Trust DTD 2/26/2014 | $14,045 | $9,647 | -31.3% |
| Sylvia A. Hitchings | $9,080 | $9,080 | 0% |
| Paul A. Droege | $38,923 | $8,856 | -77.2% |
| William Scott McKee | $29,801 | $8,790 | -70.5% |
| Squier Farms, LLC | $23,675 | $8,780 | -62.9% |
| Peruque Island, Inc. | $8,777 | $8,442 | -3.8% |
| Mary I. McKinnon | $8,053 | $8,053 | 0% |
| Kyle R. Weigel | $18,077 | $7,835 | -56.7% |
| Gary L Howland Revocable Living Trust | $14,894 | $7,580 | -49.1% |
| Charles M. Holland | $7,521 | $7,521 | 0% |
| Philip W Freesmeyer | $24,239 | $7,427 | -69.4% |
| Hidden Lake Estates, Inc. | $6,997 | $6,997 | 0% |
| Carol Hirschfeld Irrevocable Trust | $4,597 | $6,952 | 51.2% |
| Mccully Heritage Project, Inc. | $7,216 | $6,445 | -10.7% |
| Harold and Viola Ruth Zirkelbach Rev LVG Trustee DTD 10/02/2007 | $6,391 | $6,391 | 0% |
| Merlin Klaas | $24,150 | $6,383 | -73.6% |
| Patrick G. Friedel | $10,608 | $5,989 | -43.5% |
| Dale H. Hagen | $7,901 | $5,636 | -28.7% |
| Larry McKinnon | $5,494 | $5,494 | 0% |
| Philip C. Godar | $5,195 | $5,242 | 0.9% |
| Julia Eberlin | $20,402 | $5,150 | -74.8% |
| William A. Simon | $13,690 | $5,105 | -62.7% |
| Justin Louis Sagez | $10,599 | $4,830 | -54.4% |
| Muddy Rivers Investments, LLC | $4,815 | $4,815 | 0% |
| Joshua T. Klocke | $1,395 | $4,477 | 220.9% |
| Peter W. Simon | $4,320 | $4,320 | 0% |
| Robert & Elmer Nolte Farm | $5,769 | $4,197 | -27.2% |
| Diann Baalman | $8,793 | $4,046 | -54% |
| Janet Schleeper | $8,516 | $4,026 | -52.7% |
| Martin Eilerman | $3,968 | $3,933 | -0.9% |
| Lillian F. Osterman | $5,103 | $3,924 | -23.1% |
| Robeen Family Land Trust | $3,930 | $3,855 | -1.9% |
| Anthony W. Godar | $3,831 | $3,831 | 0% |
| Paul Anthony Novosel | $600 | $3,737 | 522.8% |
| Joseph Sievers Jr. | $8,022 | $3,709 | -53.8% |
| Jerome Hayn | $3,686 | $3,686 | 0% |
| Roger Adcock | $4,103 | $3,599 | -12.3% |
| Kelly A. Holste | $3,542 | $3,359 | -5.2% |
| Benjamin J. van Dyne | $13,844 | $3,262 | -76.4% |
| Otto F. Retzer | $3,216 | $3,216 | 0% |
| Gail Anderson | $0 | $3,179 | -- |
| George Lesseg | $3,053 | $3,053 | 0% |
| Cindy C. Zipprich | $2,981 | $2,981 | 0% |
| The Jonathan B Davis and Marjorie M Davis Revocable Living T | $2,892 | $2,892 | 0% |
| Jerome J. Reed | $2,874 | $2,874 | 0% |
| Michael Miller II | $2,798 | $2,798 | 0% |
| Ronald S. Tillotson | $2,772 | $2,772 | 0% |
| Harvey C. Pohlman | $7,727 | $2,757 | -64.3% |
| Pamela A. Long | $1,694 | $2,744 | 62% |
| Jonah White | $0 | $2,744 | -- |
| William D. Henke Jr. | $2,742 | $2,742 | 0% |
| Gabriel G. Friedel | $8,016 | $2,732 | -65.9% |
| Joseph Gress Jr. | $0 | $2,732 | -- |
| Jeff Toppmeyer | $2,679 | $2,679 | 0% |
| Duane Sievers | $217,190 | $2,664 | -98.8% |
| James W. Brodbeck | $4,115 | $2,608 | -36.6% |
| Roberta Hurley | $0 | $2,565 | -- |
| John C. Carnes | $2,533 | $2,533 | 0% |
| Terri Roth | $2,526 | $2,526 | 0% |
| Dennis J. Johnes | $6,768 | $2,482 | -63.3% |
| Mark Brangenberg | $6,649 | $2,467 | -62.9% |
| Strauch Family Farm | $0 | $2,436 | -- |
| Steve L. Tepen | $2,155 | $2,366 | 9.8% |
| David M. Bick | $3,330 | $2,358 | -29.2% |
| William L. Klunk | $3,219 | $2,343 | -27.2% |
| Eric D. Friedel | $4,723 | $2,327 | -50.7% |
| Donald P. Droege | $7,382 | $2,215 | -70% |
| Larry Klocke | $7,768 | $2,162 | -72.2% |
| Daniel E. Chisholm | $2,103 | $2,103 | 0% |
| Todd W. Simon | $1,985 | $1,985 | 0% |
| Matthew Roth | $0 | $1,983 | -- |
| Frances-the CFF Mortland Revoc Living Trustee P Mortland | $4,652 | $1,941 | -58.3% |
| Betty Dirks - Keith & Betty Dirks Rev Trustee | $3,814 | $1,785 | -53.2% |
| Elden Kinder | $1,186 | $1,761 | 48.5% |
| Roy D. Marlow | $1,755 | $1,755 | 0% |
| Shirley M. Eilerman | $2,618 | $1,748 | -33.2% |
| Charles W Squier III Declaration of Trust | $1,742 | $1,742 | 0% |
| Clayton C. Murphy | $1,425 | $1,732 | 21.5% |
| Bradley A. Klocke | $1,729 | $1,729 | 0% |
| Heidenreich Brothers Trust | $0 | $1,694 | -- |
| Dane A. Grupe | $0 | $1,592 | -- |
| Robert Simon | $3,893 | $1,587 | -59.2% |
| Aaron Quillan | $153 | $1,583 | 934.6% |
| Scott J. Moore | $1,575 | $1,575 | 0% |
| Edward J. Fanning | $1,518 | $1,517 | -0.1% |
| Gordon Young | $1,481 | $1,481 | 0% |
| Jo Ann Snyders | $1,440 | $1,440 | 0% |
| Richard Snyders | $1,440 | $1,440 | 0% |
| Snyders Brothers Farms, LLC | $1,756 | $1,428 | -18.7% |
| Darrell Mortland | $4,270 | $1,392 | -67.4% |
| Deborah S. Gerson | $3,999 | $1,382 | -65.4% |
| Vivian Klaas | $3,342 | $1,373 | -58.9% |
| Michael Stelbrink | $2,572 | $1,356 | -47.3% |
| Karl Swan | $1,344 | $1,344 | 0% |
| Harold J. Herren | $1,492 | $1,343 | -10% |
| Russell Slow | $1,318 | $1,318 | 0% |
| Christine V Pluester | $1,803 | $1,312 | -27.2% |
| Mike Kinder | $2,908 | $1,308 | -55% |
| Denis B. Kiel | $2,847 | $1,287 | -54.8% |
| Bonna R Brangenberg Trust 4-14 | $4,298 | $1,279 | -70.2% |
| Holly Noonan E. Desherlia | $4,873 | $1,269 | -74% |
| Matthew J Spa | $0 | $1,268 | -- |
| Bernadine a Snyders Revocable Trust | $3,433 | $1,255 | -63.4% |
| Dennis G. Droege | $539 | $1,236 | 129.3% |
| Mark W. Friedel | $3,327 | $1,226 | -63.1% |
| Roger Becker | $4,224 | $1,224 | -71% |
| Mark Becker | $2,396 | $1,224 | -48.9% |
| Catherine J Stelbrink | $1,214 | $1,214 | 0% |
| David E. Godar | $0 | $1,193 | -- |
| Richard Meseke | $1,187 | $1,187 | 0% |
| Logan McKinnon | $121 | $1,182 | 876.9% |
| Thomas Waters | $1,505 | $1,176 | -21.9% |
| Robert V. Snyders | $7,082 | $1,153 | -83.7% |
| Roy Sievers | $12,297 | $1,067 | -91.3% |
| Chris Benz | $2,655 | $1,032 | -61.1% |
| Steve Donelson | $1,003 | $1,003 | 0% |
| Matt Kamp | $0 | $984 | -- |
| Narup Farms, Inc. | $2,985 | $950 | -68.2% |
| Gary a Robeen | $905 | $905 | 0% |
| Mary C Robeen | $905 | $905 | 0% |
| Joseph Anthony Friedel | $861 | $884 | 2.7% |
| Gladys F Sibley Revocable Trust | $2,132 | $871 | -59.1% |
| Albert Jerome Sibley Irrevocable Trust | $2,131 | $870 | -59.2% |
| Terry Strauch | $2,908 | $865 | -70.3% |
| Joseph L. Pohlman | $1,817 | $848 | -53.3% |
| Twichell Farm IRRV Trustee | $2,987 | $808 | -72.9% |
| Gary S. Baalman | $788 | $788 | 0% |
| Patrick C. Friedel | $2,901 | $787 | -72.9% |
| Marshall Alley | $865 | $777 | -10.2% |
| Eugene Beisman | $4,076 | $750 | -81.6% |
| Grace A. Matthews | $0 | $741 | -- |
| Lynn Eberlin | $923 | $739 | -19.9% |
| Christina Pence | $536 | $735 | 37.1% |
| Roberta L. Schumann | $536 | $735 | 37.1% |
| Blessed Trinity Parish | $1,994 | $728 | -63.5% |
| Steve H. Tepen | $2,082 | $709 | -65.9% |
| Ellis and Strauch | $700 | $700 | 0% |
| Timothy D. Gerson | $3,819 | $681 | -82.2% |
| Bill B. Tepen | $402 | $668 | 66.2% |
| Lonn Grandia | $1,830 | $667 | -63.6% |
| Larry a and Mary Kay Wieneke Revocable Trust | $4,048 | $666 | -83.5% |
| Jerome Sievers | $4,739 | $650 | -86.3% |
| Ralph Zipprich | $966 | $640 | -33.7% |
| John Hurley | $1,683 | $624 | -62.9% |
| Sharon A. Friedel | $2,203 | $622 | -71.8% |
| Lynn Brangenberg | $2,585 | $616 | -76.2% |
| Anthony P. Schulte | $2,780 | $606 | -78.2% |
| Virginia Bailey | $1,188 | $600 | -49.5% |
| Logeman Farms Corporation | $1,553 | $588 | -62.1% |
| Joyce Simon | $1,474 | $575 | -61% |
| Fred T. Kamp | $1,831 | $566 | -69.1% |
| Daniel Pluester | $410 | $547 | 33.4% |
| Tyler Squier | $553 | $542 | -2% |
| Donald L. Bland | $0 | $529 | -- |
| Dewayne H Franke Estate Lands | $1,389 | $518 | -62.7% |
| Helen Heidenreich | $1,905 | $518 | -72.8% |
| Paul a Hoemmen JR | $1,015 | $510 | -49.8% |
| Joshua Funk | $1,415 | $505 | -64.3% |
| Arthur Tepen | $1,756 | $504 | -71.3% |
| Marvin and Mary Ann Flanigan Trust | $1,322 | $498 | -62.3% |
| Carol Sue Carnes | $1,679 | $489 | -70.9% |
| Kyle D. Godar | $811 | $466 | -42.5% |
| David John Schleeper | $3,290 | $466 | -85.8% |
| Barbara J Toppmeyer | $13 | $463 | 3,461.5% |
| Letha P Simon Revocable Living Trust | $1,139 | $462 | -59.4% |
| Gregory J. Baalman | $1,694 | $456 | -73.1% |
| Ronald E. Knight | $0 | $445 | -- |
| Thomas J Rose - Thomas Joseph Rose Liv Trustee, U/A 06/12/2014 | $908 | $413 | -54.5% |
| Marie Klaas | $669 | $374 | -44.1% |
| Richard A. Horn | $650 | $360 | -44.6% |
| Bernard George Hillen | $909 | $353 | -61.2% |
| Robert Schumann | $561 | $351 | -37.4% |
| Robert Sievers | $886 | $332 | -62.5% |
| Evan A. Sievers | $0 | $330 | -- |
| John Sievers | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Lonnie Peuterbaugh | $789 | $330 | -58.2% |
| Michael D. Clore | $1,650 | $329 | -80.1% |
| Timothy Robeen | $318 | $329 | 3.5% |
| Kevin Eberlin | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| Larry R. Sams | $331 | $312 | -5.7% |
| Beatrice M. Kamp | $1,136 | $302 | -73.4% |
| Everett Edmond Friedel | $1,582 | $296 | -81.3% |
| Jeffrey T. Oldham | $614 | $293 | -52.3% |
| Travis Kamp | $981 | $274 | -72.1% |
| Kenneth Friedel | $640 | $271 | -57.7% |
| Kermit W. Bell | $761 | $233 | -69.4% |
| Richard Droege | $939 | $214 | -77.2% |
| Charles Lorsbach Jr. | $430 | $200 | -53.5% |
| Mark E. Heffington | $462 | $192 | -58.4% |
| Anthony P. Friedel | $462 | $190 | -58.9% |
| Lila Logeman Lind Trust | $539 | $190 | -64.7% |
| Roth Brothers Farm, LLC | $363 | $190 | -47.7% |
| Robert E. Thomas | $117 | $183 | 56.4% |
| Timothy Hurley | $240 | $167 | -30.4% |
| Eugene Sagez | $466 | $164 | -64.8% |
| Silas Owens | $669 | $159 | -76.2% |
| Ted Hayn | $704 | $158 | -77.6% |
| Garry F. Vetter | $583 | $149 | -74.4% |
| Siemer Family Farm, LLC | $349 | $146 | -58.2% |
| Aaron J. Baalman | $1,623 | $145 | -91.1% |
| David Sagez | $363 | $138 | -62% |
| Thomas Tepen | $402 | $137 | -65.9% |
| Donald G. Knight | $0 | $132 | -- |
| Craig Everett Friedel | $330 | $121 | -63.3% |
| Dwight Ringhausen | $644 | $117 | -81.8% |
| Greg Franke | $217 | $112 | -48.4% |
| Thomas Pohlman | $436 | $111 | -74.5% |
| Holly Swan | $211 | $102 | -51.7% |
| Suzanne Kamp | $199 | $102 | -48.7% |
| Kiel Brothers | $1,181 | $90 | -92.4% |
| Leland J. Tepen | $388 | $63 | -83.8% |
| Kevin R. Wieneke | $87 | $36 | -58.6% |
| Craig Skirvin | $4,095 | $34 | -99.2% |
| Joseph H. Schulte | $58 | $24 | -58.6% |
| Nancy Moennig | $24 | $14 | -41.7% |
| Bette A. Eilerman | $100 | $2 | -98% |
| Alan Tepen | $100 | $1 | -99% |
| Alan G. Shofner | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Kamp | $265 | $0 | -100% |
| Darren S. Kress | $166 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold J Kraut Family Trust | $1,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome C. Stumpf | $401 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth J. Sievers Jr. | $762 | $0 | -100% |
| Kent Snyders | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Rose E. Stumpf | $401 | $0 | -100% |
| William Heffington | $1,172 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard H Fortschneider III | $304 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcella Menke | $46 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Kress | $254 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry L. Osterman | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Michelle L. Cole | $5 | $0 | -100% |
| August Bland | $3,744 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis A. Peters | $2,139 | $0 | -100% |
| David Peters | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Franke Family Trust, DTD 02/15/2013 | $61 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn A. Peyton | $361 | $0 | -100% |
| James J. Roth | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| John Gillespie | $1,037 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Friedel | $2,978 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Sagez | $1,073 | $0 | -100% |
| Norbert Godar Jr. | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip D Robeen | $91 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Hurley | $2,565 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold B. Roth Sr. | $535 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn W. Becker | $836 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,788,363 | $1,194,245 | -57.2% |
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