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In 2021, 211 farmers in cities within Garfield County received a total of $1.4 million in 313 farm subsidies, an 80.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.4 million in 753 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 Garfield County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch E. Vodehnal | $349,953 | $60,515 | -82.7% |
| Jeffres & Sons, Inc. | $522,918 | $47,515 | -90.9% |
| Marvin E & Dorothy P Vodehnal Liv Rev Trust | $0 | $41,160 | -- |
| Miles Lucas Danner | $174,469 | $37,617 | -78.4% |
| Lonny E. Franssen | $0 | $35,652 | -- |
| Patricia J. Kreitman | $0 | $28,426 | -- |
| Curtis W. Gurney | $97,757 | $28,019 | -71.3% |
| Lowery Land and Livestock, Inc. | $133,827 | $25,889 | -80.7% |
| Larry D. Sears | $46,841 | $24,427 | -47.9% |
| Gumb Land & Cattle, LLC | $151,194 | $23,697 | -84.3% |
| Goff's, Inc. | $86,474 | $23,319 | -73% |
| John W. Hansen | $192,990 | $22,290 | -88.5% |
| Mike Pitzel Ranch, LLC | $28,488 | $22,236 | -21.9% |
| James D. Swett | $113,329 | $22,082 | -80.5% |
| Rodney B. O'Neel | $80,403 | $21,209 | -73.6% |
| James M. Hansen | $28,517 | $20,487 | -28.2% |
| Donald Brown | $87,385 | $19,103 | -78.1% |
| M & R Cattle Company, Inc. | $483,120 | $18,981 | -96.1% |
| Rick D. Stout | $85,960 | $17,311 | -79.9% |
| Maurie D Larsen | $84,113 | $16,924 | -79.9% |
| Eugene G. Cone | $59,784 | $16,396 | -72.6% |
| Troy Lee Packard | $52,805 | $15,789 | -70.1% |
| Carr Ranch, Inc. | $83,892 | $15,706 | -81.3% |
| Dan C. Kreitman | $0 | $15,614 | -- |
| Carl E. Molesworth | $107,585 | $15,421 | -85.7% |
| Martin Bruha | $68,971 | $14,290 | -79.3% |
| Kurt David Petersen | $80,168 | $14,193 | -82.3% |
| Circle a, LLC | $89,329 | $13,675 | -84.7% |
| Lynn A. Ballagh | $61,818 | $13,624 | -78% |
| Casey B. Redman | $81,999 | $12,979 | -84.2% |
| Douglas J. Gebhardt | $41,095 | $12,860 | -68.7% |
| Jerome Patrick Danner | $88,907 | $12,839 | -85.6% |
| Morgan Ranch, Inc. | $114,510 | $12,334 | -89.2% |
| David Gideon | $33,959 | $12,143 | -64.2% |
| Gary Buoy | $37,089 | $11,975 | -67.7% |
| William Charles Svoboda | $18,721 | $11,782 | -37.1% |
| Jeremy R. Simon | $78,657 | $11,369 | -85.5% |
| Brian Jordan | $106,126 | $11,362 | -89.3% |
| Russell Rejda | $31,441 | $10,916 | -65.3% |
| James Broweleit | $60,848 | $10,762 | -82.3% |
| Linda A. Zoubek | $56,071 | $10,685 | -80.9% |
| Burnham Enterprises, LLC | $67,204 | $10,581 | -84.3% |
| Scott Thoene | $33,892 | $10,227 | -69.8% |
| Kyle Eldon Rowse | $0 | $10,080 | -- |
| Mike Sitz Angus Ranch, LLC | $65,939 | $10,067 | -84.7% |
| Bradley R. Lech | $33,355 | $9,880 | -70.4% |
| Lowery Ranch Company, Inc. | $79,388 | $9,772 | -87.7% |
| Barry James Burnham | $28,544 | $9,612 | -66.3% |
| Frederick J. Thoene | $32,629 | $9,316 | -71.4% |
| Dustin J. Goff | $26,571 | $9,274 | -65.1% |
| James L. Ziegler | $26,996 | $8,904 | -67% |
| Patrick Joseph Svoboda | $27,823 | $8,878 | -68.1% |
| Daniel L Davenport Revocable Trust | $0 | $8,768 | -- |
| Ernest Robert Bruha | $26,443 | $8,471 | -68% |
| Tracy Taylor | $0 | $8,434 | -- |
| Derek W. Mann | $56,115 | $8,383 | -85.1% |
| Dale Seidel | $28,205 | $8,310 | -70.5% |
| Tony R. Larsen | $116,546 | $8,282 | -92.9% |
| Dylan Miller | $41,288 | $8,096 | -80.4% |
| Douglas Bode | $39,482 | $8,064 | -79.6% |
| Clayton W. Gurney | $55,848 | $8,044 | -85.6% |
| Alex M. Petersen | $40,919 | $7,999 | -80.5% |
| Terry L. Stout | $53,796 | $7,868 | -85.4% |
| Jeffres Agent, LLC | $27,175 | $7,773 | -71.4% |
| Robert Molesworth | $14,629 | $7,583 | -48.2% |
| Jerry E. Rowse | $39,156 | $7,463 | -80.9% |
| Tim Hurlburt | $28,931 | $7,429 | -74.3% |
| Bailie J. Seidel | $25,641 | $7,280 | -71.6% |
| Steven Dean Johnson | $34,954 | $7,182 | -79.5% |
| D31, LLC | $16,203 | $7,025 | -56.6% |
| Myron Danner | $44,026 | $7,009 | -84.1% |
| Tyler J. Swett | $52,848 | $6,994 | -86.8% |
| Tonya L. Wilson | $34,201 | $6,907 | -79.8% |
| Glen Petersen | $37,397 | $6,896 | -81.6% |
| Tanner L. Dunbar | $20,878 | $6,772 | -67.6% |
| Greg Brown | $24,352 | $6,590 | -72.9% |
| Dennis Johnson | $27,138 | $6,415 | -76.4% |
| Duane Schneider | $20,855 | $6,362 | -69.5% |
| Leland O. Chaffin Jr. | $27,170 | $6,046 | -77.7% |
| Dale Dwayne Lakin | $44,827 | $5,980 | -86.7% |
| J a Lowery, Inc. | $19,226 | $5,896 | -69.3% |
| Stanley E. Key Jr. | $52,629 | $5,697 | -89.2% |
| Charley Stout | $30,214 | $5,598 | -81.5% |
| David Sartain | $28,619 | $5,543 | -80.6% |
| Benjamin Bruha | $27,037 | $5,529 | -79.6% |
| Doug Wadas | $17,777 | $5,491 | -69.1% |
| Terry L. Cone | $52,805 | $5,365 | -89.8% |
| Darwin Lee Volf | $25,440 | $5,169 | -79.7% |
| Hruza Land & Cattle, LLC | $5,811 | $5,027 | -13.5% |
| Cole Gurney | $12,465 | $4,990 | -60% |
| William Roe Weber Jr. | $28,334 | $4,932 | -82.6% |
| Peggy Haskell | $2,076 | $4,863 | 134.2% |
| Alan D. Petersen | $29,798 | $4,786 | -83.9% |
| Henry J. Thoene | $16,022 | $4,757 | -70.3% |
| Erik Jarvis Schwager | $8,697 | $4,641 | -46.6% |
| Ashton Leigh Weber | $7,700 | $4,558 | -40.8% |
| Christopher L. Jenkins | $17,745 | $4,449 | -74.9% |
| Tyler Molesworth | $16,764 | $4,374 | -73.9% |
| Jacob Gideon | $20,768 | $4,167 | -79.9% |
| James Jezbera JR | $14,322 | $4,155 | -71% |
| Patrick James Morgan | $21,801 | $3,948 | -81.9% |
| Roger Morgan | $21,801 | $3,948 | -81.9% |
| Harry J. Lech | $11,055 | $3,864 | -65% |
| Devyn Ballagh | $18,987 | $3,728 | -80.4% |
| James A. Lowery II | $11,952 | $3,642 | -69.5% |
| Joseph O Pavlik - Pavlik Family Trust | $0 | $3,591 | -- |
| Brian Brownell | $7,457 | $3,587 | -51.9% |
| James A. Lowery | $11,122 | $3,471 | -68.8% |
| Cody James Brown | $17,842 | $3,468 | -80.6% |
| Jerry L. Buoy | $0 | $3,441 | -- |
| Dennis F. Pelster | $13,531 | $3,289 | -75.7% |
| Richard Meyer | $7,119 | $3,230 | -54.6% |
| Rejda Brothers, Inc. | $2,471 | $3,155 | 27.7% |
| Scott Rasmussen | $5,137 | $3,138 | -38.9% |
| Ace Francis Vandewalle | $6,965 | $3,091 | -55.6% |
| Zane E. Gregory | $5,606 | $3,062 | -45.4% |
| Lisa Kraus | $6,325 | $2,894 | -54.2% |
| Amy S. Bower | $9,944 | $2,882 | -71% |
| Joel D. Johnston | $17,454 | $2,852 | -83.7% |
| Brady Lee Volf | $13,365 | $2,774 | -79.2% |
| Jeffrey Wadas | $4,995 | $2,737 | -45.2% |
| Matthew Lumir Graves | $7,019 | $2,713 | -61.3% |
| Cory Benton Johnson | $9,210 | $2,711 | -70.6% |
| Shad Michael Gaukel | $9,750 | $2,649 | -72.8% |
| Doyle J. Petersen | $17,703 | $2,646 | -85.1% |
| Leonard Vandewalle | $10,773 | $2,644 | -75.5% |
| Steve Stanek | $13,863 | $2,637 | -81% |
| Genetics by Peak Performance, Inc. | $12,576 | $2,472 | -80.3% |
| Paul a Ottens Irrevocable Trust | $2,673 | $2,438 | -8.8% |
| William H. Charron | $8,263 | $2,380 | -71.2% |
| Mark A. Petersen | $14,212 | $2,365 | -83.4% |
| James J Jezbera SR | $11,912 | $2,258 | -81% |
| Jean M. Bode | $11,004 | $2,258 | -79.5% |
| Sarah Sortum | $7,951 | $2,230 | -72% |
| Michael Dee Scott | $1,665 | $2,220 | 33.3% |
| David J. Mehaffey | $7,040 | $2,040 | -71% |
| Philip Mann | $11,601 | $1,987 | -82.9% |
| Melvin C. Hughes | $0 | $1,980 | -- |
| Earl Watts Trust | $0 | $1,975 | -- |
| Denny Rowse | $8,912 | $1,916 | -78.5% |
| Lex Bratka | $6,152 | $1,910 | -69% |
| Adam Switzer | $1,909 | $1,841 | -3.6% |
| K & E Farm, LLC | $2,791 | $1,833 | -34.3% |
| Alicia Kay Larsen | $6,413 | $1,828 | -71.5% |
| Travis D. Lakin | $15,259 | $1,816 | -88.1% |
| Celie Chae Packard | $6,266 | $1,794 | -71.4% |
| Bonnie J. Miller | $5,660 | $1,790 | -68.4% |
| Larry E. Gaukel | $4,567 | $1,772 | -61.2% |
| Richard L. Bilka | $4,664 | $1,606 | -65.6% |
| Steve Phillipps | $8,585 | $1,599 | -81.4% |
| James P. Conrad | $4,224 | $1,593 | -62.3% |
| Max Emerton | $2,937 | $1,535 | -47.7% |
| Morgan Cattle Partners, LLC | $10,191 | $1,530 | -85% |
| Emanuel Bruha | $6,677 | $1,518 | -77.3% |
| Jordan Seidel | $7,090 | $1,517 | -78.6% |
| Jeffrey Lee Stout | $0 | $1,493 | -- |
| Robert Carstens | $8,690 | $1,478 | -83% |
| Brady Brown | $12,250 | $1,421 | -88.4% |
| Neola Watts Trust | $0 | $1,407 | -- |
| Jarrod Swett | $17,089 | $1,382 | -91.9% |
| Todd A. Jeffres | $4,752 | $1,377 | -71% |
| Melvin A. Gideon Jr. | $3,537 | $1,322 | -62.6% |
| Gary D. Kinney | $5,291 | $1,159 | -78.1% |
| D Joann Nekuda Liv Rev Trust | $4,705 | $1,152 | -75.5% |
| William John Jordan | $6,700 | $1,145 | -82.9% |
| Kent W. Lewis | $4,575 | $1,135 | -75.2% |
| David L. Pesek | $3,030 | $977 | -67.8% |
| Tami Phillipps | $3,300 | $968 | -70.7% |
| Lanny Lee Larsen | $3,154 | $959 | -69.6% |
| Beverly R. Plugge | $954 | $954 | 0% |
| Sherry C. Tucker | $954 | $954 | 0% |
| Clint D. Hurlburt | $3,300 | $951 | -71.2% |
| Ralph Dennis Brownell | $16,987 | $921 | -94.6% |
| Peggy Plugge | $15,685 | $875 | -94.4% |
| Raymond J. Zoubek | $1,068 | $827 | -22.6% |
| Ethan Gaukel | $4,114 | $824 | -80% |
| Elwin Graves | $4,573 | $751 | -83.6% |
| Kyle Regan | $2,541 | $724 | -71.5% |
| Cody Jaymes | $1,381 | $716 | -48.2% |
| Scott Lytle | $1,857 | $636 | -65.8% |
| Shirley Lytle | $1,197 | $636 | -46.9% |
| John J. Chaffin | $3,025 | $606 | -80% |
| Johnny F. Urbanovsky | $3,163 | $603 | -80.9% |
| Richard L. Bolli | $907 | $600 | -33.8% |
| Casey Norton | $0 | $591 | -- |
| Morgan Spike Welton | $1,779 | $585 | -67.1% |
| Margaret L. Walthers | $1,647 | $583 | -64.6% |
| Shirley Helgeland | $595 | $491 | -17.5% |
| Sandra Mann | $648 | $480 | -25.9% |
| Raymond E. Kovarik | $1,100 | $470 | -57.3% |
| Terrell R. Sanders | $706 | $470 | -33.4% |
| Howard R. Fairbairn | $613 | $466 | -24% |
| Deanna D. Conner | $676 | $462 | -31.7% |
| Mary J. Conner | $676 | $462 | -31.7% |
| Dean Copsey | $1,620 | $450 | -72.2% |
| Ryan Kenneth Peterson | $0 | $447 | -- |
| Cody Gurney | $1,938 | $362 | -81.3% |
| Yohn Gideon | $629 | $355 | -43.6% |
| James H. Petersen | $2,072 | $310 | -85% |
| Bruce Switzer | $21,960 | $260 | -98.8% |
| Larry Pfeiffer | $670 | $252 | -62.4% |
| Amy Dawn Hughes | $1,056 | $246 | -76.7% |
| Lake Road Ranch, LLC | $2,734 | $214 | -92.2% |
| Kevin W. Hoffschneider | $825 | $197 | -76.1% |
| Ty Charles Wilson | $864 | $158 | -81.7% |
| Charlie Smith | $2,390 | $128 | -94.6% |
| Albin Bruha | $1,616 | $94 | -94.2% |
| Mollee Jo Sharpe | $0 | $90 | -- |
| Beth Montgomery | $624 | $18 | -97.1% |
| Scott D. Montgomery | $624 | $18 | -97.1% |
| Linda L. Mann | $0 | $15 | -- |
| Adam Stevenson | $7,109 | $0 | -100% |
| Bailie J. Boyce | $863 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernard Edward Lech | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett Spencer | $9,576 | $0 | -100% |
| Burwell Feeders, LLC | $13,541 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel L Davenport Revocable Trus | $29,704 | $0 | -100% |
| Daryl Michalski | $201 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Dearmont | $4,763 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward McMullen | $560 | $0 | -100% |
| Elton R Dearmont | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest R. Bruha | $5,434 | $0 | -100% |
| Faye L. Packard | $401 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Dean Egger | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Glendora F Ingraham IRR Trust | $322 | $0 | -100% |
| James John Lech | $1,318 | $0 | -100% |
| James Luther Weber | $709 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Stout | $8,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Randy Micanek | $9,140 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Maxson | $1,121 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph O Pavlik - Pavlik Family T | $20,884 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith A. Mohr | $10,335 | $0 | -100% |
| Kaden Lewis Goff | $3,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle E. Rowse | $44,574 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy D. Smith | $535 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Finney | $4,556 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Molesworth | $7,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Loran Cronk | $1,523 | $0 | -100% |
| Marty Archibeque | $3,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin E & Dorothy P Vodehnal Liv | $227,864 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin Hulinsky | $14,385 | $0 | -100% |
| Michele Lea Usasz-Wells | $23,421 | $0 | -100% |
| Morgan Ranch Beef, Inc. | $297,800 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy R. Schneider | $14,333 | $0 | -100% |
| Quade T. Young | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Rick Foxworthy | $8,704 | $0 | -100% |
| Stefan Alexander Franssen | $4,843 | $0 | -100% |
| Switzer Ranch Custom Grazing, LLC | $158 | $0 | -100% |
| Ted Racek | $258 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernyce Weber | $3,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade Jensen | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Weber | $12,650 | $0 | -100% |
| ZZS Bees, LLC | $1,643 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,400,444 | $1,425,996 | -80.7% |
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