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In 2021, 151 farmers in cities within Chase County received a total of $1.6 million in 311 farm subsidies, a 67.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.7 million in 551 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 Chase County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Eidman | $299,734 | $133,988 | -55.3% |
| Palenske Ranch, Inc. | $326,314 | $117,164 | -64.1% |
| Giger Land and Cattle Corporation | $278,105 | $80,418 | -71.1% |
| Beef Productions, Inc. | $164,584 | $77,358 | -53% |
| Heathman Farms, LLC | $148,590 | $63,224 | -57.5% |
| Larry Soyez | $121,499 | $59,302 | -51.2% |
| Harshman Land & Cattle, LLC | $184,971 | $55,177 | -70.2% |
| Keith J Glanville Rev Trust | $92,364 | $39,333 | -57.4% |
| Mushrush Ranches, LLC | $221,027 | $39,233 | -82.2% |
| Wittker Farms, LLC | $41,316 | $37,562 | -9.1% |
| Hendrika Vos | $26,280 | $37,542 | 42.9% |
| Pretzer Farms | $70,549 | $37,134 | -47.4% |
| Soyez Brothers, LLC | $65,560 | $34,388 | -47.5% |
| Doug Cahoone | $76,742 | $33,538 | -56.3% |
| Pioneer Ranch LC | $188,496 | $32,565 | -82.7% |
| Jerry L Siebert Revocable Trust | $46,490 | $29,933 | -35.6% |
| Murco, LLC | $101,893 | $29,223 | -71.3% |
| John E Soyez | $58,685 | $27,654 | -52.9% |
| Donnie R. Swift | $71,857 | $27,490 | -61.7% |
| Larry Kohr | $49,445 | $26,584 | -46.2% |
| Bar W Bar Corporation | $48,417 | $21,797 | -55% |
| Cedar Creek Ranch, Inc. | $92,526 | $21,444 | -76.8% |
| Frank R Soyez | $44,791 | $21,262 | -52.5% |
| Silver Creek Dairy, Inc. | $18,421 | $19,679 | 6.8% |
| Shawn Potts | $45,961 | $18,978 | -58.7% |
| Prairie Oaks Cattle Company, LLC | $24,736 | $16,373 | -33.8% |
| Jerrold D. Odle | $67,458 | $13,992 | -79.3% |
| Wesley Cahoone | $140,899 | $13,478 | -90.4% |
| Wildcat Ranch, LLC | $67,065 | $13,080 | -80.5% |
| Sippel Living Trust | $127,560 | $12,886 | -89.9% |
| Hannigan Hay and Grain, LLC | $14,054 | $11,540 | -17.9% |
| James B. Barrett | $22,769 | $10,993 | -51.7% |
| Kraig Paul Hatcher | $37,026 | $10,760 | -70.9% |
| Crawford Cattle, LLC | $54,398 | $10,418 | -80.8% |
| Gary D. Bruch | $29,295 | $10,217 | -65.1% |
| Wingfield Farming, LP | $18,450 | $9,799 | -46.9% |
| Alan L. Phipps | $42,664 | $9,583 | -77.5% |
| Sauble Cattle Company, LLC | $67,685 | $9,484 | -86% |
| Mark Danford | $30,325 | $9,350 | -69.2% |
| Jeff C Harshman-Jeffrey C Harshman Living Trust | $11,208 | $9,333 | -16.7% |
| T. W. Burton | $36,135 | $9,167 | -74.6% |
| Eric Sigel | $20,931 | $9,091 | -56.6% |
| Charlene M. Palenske | $29,960 | $8,938 | -70.2% |
| Mary Ann Mott | $10,757 | $8,865 | -17.6% |
| Hal J. Palenske | $30,066 | $8,731 | -71% |
| Trey H. Hinkson III | $40,635 | $8,449 | -79.2% |
| Trenton Heathman | $12,003 | $8,220 | -31.5% |
| Wildcat Creek Farms, LLC | $12,139 | $8,059 | -33.6% |
| Donna F Rettiger | $10,067 | $7,708 | -23.4% |
| Michael A. Harris | $19,304 | $7,525 | -61% |
| Randal Peterson | $28,203 | $7,493 | -73.4% |
| Flying W Ranch, LLC | $38,995 | $7,324 | -81.2% |
| Franklin D. Higgs Jr. | $27,621 | $7,204 | -73.9% |
| Eddie Danford | $18,991 | $6,277 | -66.9% |
| Richard E Shaw, Inc. | $3,823 | $6,063 | 58.6% |
| Glendon E Barrett Revocable Trust Dated April 30, 1997 | $8,439 | $5,423 | -35.7% |
| Kent Crawford | $20,100 | $5,408 | -73.1% |
| John O Wilson-John O Wilson Revocable Trust | $16,457 | $4,967 | -69.8% |
| Elmore G Stout Ranch Trust | $19,856 | $4,942 | -75.1% |
| Eugene Matile | $22,627 | $4,760 | -79% |
| Cole S. Starkey | $18,672 | $4,395 | -76.5% |
| John R. Spinden | $13,564 | $4,158 | -69.3% |
| Merry Diane Rayl Rev Trust | $15,796 | $4,054 | -74.3% |
| Bradley J. Thiessen | $150,355 | $3,800 | -97.5% |
| Doverspike Farm, LLC | $5,136 | $3,460 | -32.6% |
| Tim E. Miser | $16,429 | $3,384 | -79.4% |
| Andrew Logan Phipps | $5,780 | $3,358 | -41.9% |
| Joseph Lloyd Soyez | $6,953 | $3,330 | -52.1% |
| Michael G. Ingalls | $17,368 | $2,942 | -83.1% |
| Ronald Keith Mahanay | $10,120 | $2,932 | -71% |
| Glenn E. Unruh | $10,032 | $2,907 | -71% |
| Jerry Kinsey | $10,942 | $2,853 | -73.9% |
| Tom Burton | $11,121 | $2,849 | -74.4% |
| Rock Creek Farms | $5,943 | $2,825 | -52.5% |
| Terry Soyez | $7,826 | $2,782 | -64.5% |
| Brant Mahanay | $9,328 | $2,703 | -71% |
| Luke W. Wessel | $7,502 | $2,702 | -64% |
| Kyle Hannigan | $8,249 | $2,678 | -67.5% |
| Charles Tom Jones | $9,734 | $2,599 | -73.3% |
| Lois J. Robinson | $8,163 | $2,599 | -68.2% |
| Joshua W. Mayes | $6,550 | $2,569 | -60.8% |
| Robert Bell | $7,717 | $2,392 | -69% |
| Richard E Shaw Trust | $1,630 | $2,365 | 45.1% |
| Rex B. Buchman | $10,416 | $2,347 | -77.5% |
| Juanita Starkey | $12,736 | $2,278 | -82.1% |
| David Cooper | $2,501 | $2,167 | -13.4% |
| Byron R. Yeager | $5,916 | $2,157 | -63.5% |
| Barbara F. Godfrey | $7,600 | $2,052 | -73% |
| Scott Gallmeister | $3,989 | $2,029 | -49.1% |
| Joan M Kelsheimer-Kelsheimer Family Rev Trustee Dated June 20, 20 | $8,378 | $1,864 | -77.8% |
| J. P. W., Inc. | $3,682 | $1,588 | -56.9% |
| Lee J. Glanville | $3,507 | $1,558 | -55.6% |
| Charles Pretzer | $48,663 | $1,500 | -96.9% |
| Zachary James Bell | $0 | $1,387 | -- |
| Clayton Schroer | $1,013 | $1,351 | 33.4% |
| Kenneth L. Rogers | $5,615 | $1,330 | -76.3% |
| Josh C. Pretzer | $4,181 | $1,287 | -69.2% |
| James Parmley | $3,235 | $1,188 | -63.3% |
| Kenneth Justin Smith | $4,432 | $985 | -77.8% |
| Virgil D. Marcotte | $950 | $950 | 0% |
| Ross Thomas Eidman | $4,510 | $945 | -79% |
| Timothy Howard Wealand | $4,257 | $914 | -78.5% |
| Dusty Fink | $2,145 | $849 | -60.4% |
| Joseph F. Sigel | $8,099 | $848 | -89.5% |
| Ernest L. Ayers | $831 | $792 | -4.7% |
| Bradley R. Talkington | $3,960 | $783 | -80.2% |
| James P. Ayers | $809 | $770 | -4.8% |
| Gregory A. Wingfield | $2,434 | $744 | -69.4% |
| Burkhart Heathman Trust | $7,513 | $730 | -90.3% |
| Lisa Eidman | $2,512 | $728 | -71% |
| Paul Arsenault | $2,531 | $652 | -74.2% |
| Ryan J. Morris | $2,444 | $569 | -76.7% |
| Wesley J. Bailey | $1,389 | $550 | -60.4% |
| Virginia M Peterson Rev Trust Dated May 10, 2013 | $5,159 | $543 | -89.5% |
| Jason Lewis | $2,343 | $523 | -77.7% |
| Jane B Koger Trust | $2,995 | $509 | -83% |
| James E. Selves | $3,885 | $489 | -87.4% |
| Fox Creek Cattle Company | $4,276 | $458 | -89.3% |
| Ronald E. Kelsheimer | $1,606 | $394 | -75.5% |
| Matthew Hatcher | $990 | $384 | -61.2% |
| Charles R. Maggard II | $692 | $365 | -47.3% |
| John Rausch | $2,405 | $358 | -85.1% |
| Dorothy M. Doolittle | $1,961 | $336 | -82.9% |
| Blender Ranch | $5,381 | $300 | -94.4% |
| Phyllis Talkington | $1,735 | $282 | -83.7% |
| Timothy P. Voboril | $0 | $279 | -- |
| Angela J. Parriott | $912 | $257 | -71.8% |
| Darlene F Barr Rev Trust | $1,073 | $239 | -77.7% |
| Chapman & Turner Limestone, LLC | $0 | $235 | -- |
| Wilford M. Smith Jr. | $175 | $233 | 33.1% |
| Charles A. McCabe | $1,363 | $218 | -84% |
| Tom Sollner | $14,059 | $212 | -98.5% |
| Colton Potts | $748 | $169 | -77.4% |
| Jay Scott | $1,211 | $167 | -86.2% |
| C Davis Trust | $1,195 | $152 | -87.3% |
| Janice a Glanville Rev Trust | $0 | $143 | -- |
| Gordon Heathman | $2,603 | $110 | -95.8% |
| Nathaniel Nelson | $3,318 | $97 | -97.1% |
| Bruce K. Wells | $288 | $88 | -69.4% |
| Charles Davis III | $1,026 | $87 | -91.5% |
| Sue A. Mountain | $732 | $86 | -88.3% |
| Frank W. Harshman | $0 | $69 | -- |
| Doris L Stout Family Trust | $182 | $56 | -69.2% |
| Craig A. Cooper | $430 | $54 | -87.4% |
| Lois June Kelly | $388 | $54 | -86.1% |
| Michael L. Spinden | $58 | $51 | -12.1% |
| Dale L. Snelling | $200 | $47 | -76.5% |
| Lisa Anne Miller | $0 | $45 | -- |
| Barbara Jean Eidman Trust | $284 | $42 | -85.2% |
| Charles E Armagost Estate | $0 | $16 | -- |
| Micheal E. Kuhlmann | $93 | $8 | -91.4% |
| Bradley Morgan | $1,832 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick H. Sauble | $1,238 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles a Pilgrim Rev Trust | $24,247 | $0 | -100% |
| H. C. Pendergraft Jr. | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Bell | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Lazy B2 Ranch, LLC | $4,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyle K. Burkhart | $2,058 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond J. Crawford | $21,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter L. Blount Jr. | $1,091 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara J. Wells | $1,954 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard L. Chapman | $546 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie Jackson | $966 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Halvorsen | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Armagost | $207 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis W. Maddox | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard J. Cole | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Hannigan - Hannigan Family Trust | $237 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim Reyer | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Leo Palmer Jr. | $540 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Schmidt | $291 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,732,456 | $1,554,553 | -67.2% |
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