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In 2021, 228 farmers in cities within Toole County received a total of $8 million in 513 farm subsidies, a 30.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $11.4 million in 662 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 Toole County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Colony, Inc. | $395,213 | $569,064 | 44% |
| Big Rose Colony, Inc. | $759,762 | $288,080 | -62.1% |
| M & M Farms | $240,726 | $230,088 | -4.4% |
| Wallewein Grain & Cattle, Inc. | $211,078 | $190,285 | -9.9% |
| Rimrock Colony, Inc. | $634,223 | $160,742 | -74.7% |
| Robert J. Delacey | $92,360 | $151,115 | 63.6% |
| Fretheim Grain | $210,794 | $149,084 | -29.3% |
| West END Farm, Inc. | $160,859 | $132,130 | -17.9% |
| Bow & Arrow Ranch | $95,830 | $128,938 | 34.5% |
| Fields of Gold, Inc. | $135,699 | $128,485 | -5.3% |
| DPN Farms, Inc. | $129,929 | $126,637 | -2.5% |
| Lance D. Wickum | $64,564 | $126,284 | 95.6% |
| H-B Farms | $87,502 | $117,082 | 33.8% |
| Fretheim Brothers | $118,676 | $116,388 | -1.9% |
| Wendy M Fauque | $81,338 | $113,039 | 39% |
| Welker Farms, Inc. | $137,639 | $111,344 | -19.1% |
| Roy M. Benjamin | $60,336 | $107,629 | 78.4% |
| Plenty Water, Inc. | $56,498 | $104,130 | 84.3% |
| Gary Kiefer Farms, Inc. | $111,174 | $101,460 | -8.7% |
| Hellinger Brothers Corporation | $58,419 | $94,654 | 62% |
| Rogers Farm, Inc. | $42,180 | $93,916 | 122.7% |
| Amber Waves Agent, Inc. | $46,043 | $93,699 | 103.5% |
| Sveum Brothers | $49,961 | $92,164 | 84.5% |
| Pacerosa, Inc. | $119,681 | $92,000 | -23.1% |
| Flesch Grain and Livestock | $116,609 | $91,727 | -21.3% |
| Prairie Home Farms, Inc. | $126,701 | $91,633 | -27.7% |
| Torval Halvorson | $91,288 | $91,114 | -0.2% |
| Kevin Robert Benjamin | $40,592 | $88,005 | 116.8% |
| R & S Grain | $66,310 | $87,105 | 31.4% |
| Blue Skies Farms, Inc. | $211,552 | $86,160 | -59.3% |
| JMC Farms | $104,820 | $85,014 | -18.9% |
| Simmes Ranch, Inc. | $134,700 | $83,805 | -37.8% |
| Robert D. Delacey | $42,901 | $79,551 | 85.4% |
| DRY Teakettle Ranch, Inc. | $82,449 | $78,671 | -4.6% |
| John Horgus, Inc. | $84,708 | $77,362 | -8.7% |
| Nickol Agent, Inc. | $41,171 | $76,697 | 86.3% |
| Charles W. Kelleher | $34,240 | $72,465 | 111.6% |
| Farmtek, Inc. | $88,710 | $69,107 | -22.1% |
| Big 6 Farms, Inc. | $65,764 | $67,898 | 3.2% |
| Wiegand Family Wheat Farm, Inc. | $50,736 | $67,584 | 33.2% |
| Roger Horgus | $0 | $66,194 | -- |
| Mckechnie Land & Cattle, Inc. | $54,965 | $65,858 | 19.8% |
| Mark Robertson | $42,675 | $63,710 | 49.3% |
| White Acres, Inc. | $71,131 | $62,019 | -12.8% |
| Farbo Farms, Inc. | $81,242 | $61,847 | -23.9% |
| Tomsheck D & L, Inc. | $123,405 | $60,476 | -51% |
| Troy Wanken | $53,752 | $60,310 | 12.2% |
| Bye Brothers | $45,285 | $59,175 | 30.7% |
| Johannsen Farms, Inc. | $77,982 | $57,732 | -26% |
| Stephen Habets | $56,328 | $56,840 | 0.9% |
| Marias River Ranches, Inc. | $61,437 | $53,387 | -13.1% |
| Lohr Farm Company | $22,449 | $52,414 | 133.5% |
| 406 Farms, LLC | $26,284 | $51,597 | 96.3% |
| West Butte Ranch | $131,943 | $50,357 | -61.8% |
| Harry L. Wolfe | $63,248 | $49,673 | -21.5% |
| Suta Brothers | $67,321 | $49,371 | -26.7% |
| Flesch Farms, Inc. | $118,595 | $49,202 | -58.5% |
| Golden Grain Farms, Inc. | $96,253 | $47,907 | -50.2% |
| Eagles Farm, Inc. | $0 | $47,104 | -- |
| Patrick M. Simons | $56,374 | $46,571 | -17.4% |
| Ahrens Acres, Inc. | $3,273 | $46,412 | 1,318% |
| Gary Wolfe | $63,183 | $45,912 | -27.3% |
| Steen Alme | $16,076 | $44,174 | 174.8% |
| Double M, Inc. | $53,399 | $44,111 | -17.4% |
| Peggy Kanning | $46,041 | $41,628 | -9.6% |
| Sam Stewart, Inc. | $32,988 | $41,070 | 24.5% |
| Robert Wesley McAlpine | $32,942 | $40,196 | 22% |
| Kanning Farms | $33,345 | $39,539 | 18.6% |
| Louellen, LLC | $21,363 | $39,371 | 84.3% |
| Jay McAlpine | $61,183 | $37,550 | -38.6% |
| Michael Wallewein | $73,612 | $35,342 | -52% |
| Carl E. Clark | $27,669 | $35,161 | 27.1% |
| 3 W Farm, Inc. | $48,040 | $34,615 | -27.9% |
| Richard R. Buechler | $47,607 | $34,517 | -27.5% |
| Borderline Ranch, Inc. | $31,151 | $33,978 | 9.1% |
| Donald R. McAlpine | $40,334 | $33,639 | -16.6% |
| Deltana, Inc. | $38,665 | $32,976 | -14.7% |
| Jay Dean & Robin Johannsen Joint | $39,925 | $31,855 | -20.2% |
| Paul D. Turner | $40,545 | $31,790 | -21.6% |
| White's Paint and Body, Inc. | $14,942 | $31,275 | 109.3% |
| Hasquet Family Farms, Inc. | $39,084 | $30,560 | -21.8% |
| Fredrick S. Fairhurst | $12,954 | $30,052 | 132% |
| Flesch Family, LLC | $43,271 | $29,991 | -30.7% |
| Steen Alme, Inc. | $72,391 | $29,078 | -59.8% |
| CJF Agent, LLC | $38,315 | $27,263 | -28.8% |
| Twin Springs, Inc. | $31,697 | $26,619 | -16% |
| WJR Farms, Inc. | $19,166 | $25,453 | 32.8% |
| Lloyd C. Kanning | $29,544 | $23,852 | -19.3% |
| Jacob Patrick Roark | $0 | $22,489 | -- |
| Sun Agent, Inc. | $22,269 | $22,269 | 0% |
| John T Hasquet | $31,574 | $21,785 | -31% |
| Saturn Agent, Inc. | $34,111 | $21,654 | -36.5% |
| Robert Welker | $26,044 | $21,366 | -18% |
| Clarence Hart | $21,338 | $21,338 | 0% |
| Thomas Hasquet | $31,543 | $19,704 | -37.5% |
| Circle 4 Farm | $24,463 | $19,593 | -19.9% |
| Marshall Farms, Inc. | $22,794 | $18,278 | -19.8% |
| Greenhill Grain, Inc. | $21,559 | $18,244 | -15.4% |
| Ronald Fairhurst | $23,590 | $17,556 | -25.6% |
| Lance M Wallewein | $16,682 | $17,423 | 4.4% |
| Belle Stewart | $13,438 | $17,005 | 26.5% |
| Albert E. Baldwin | $24,568 | $16,890 | -31.3% |
| Moccasin Trails Farm, Inc. | $22,660 | $16,847 | -25.7% |
| Bussell Farms, Inc. | $15,495 | $15,495 | 0% |
| Moonshadow Farms, LLC | $8,924 | $15,475 | 73.4% |
| Lyle Flesch | $19,579 | $15,444 | -21.1% |
| HI-Line Farms, Inc. | $8,445 | $15,427 | 82.7% |
| Jean Potter Gordon | $30,134 | $15,413 | -48.9% |
| Robert P Hasquet Family Trust | $0 | $14,873 | -- |
| Wiegand Partnership | $17,899 | $14,843 | -17.1% |
| Juanita Suta | $15,458 | $14,543 | -5.9% |
| Sweetgrass Hills Ranch, Inc. | $14,680 | $14,394 | -1.9% |
| Clark Brothers | $19,696 | $14,142 | -28.2% |
| Tiber Farming Company | $48,929 | $13,979 | -71.4% |
| JDLL Farms, Inc. | $81,579 | $13,478 | -83.5% |
| Ole Larson Family Farms, LLC | $25,350 | $13,459 | -46.9% |
| Louellen Wanken | $6,317 | $13,101 | 107.4% |
| Justin J. Gallup | $25,467 | $12,665 | -50.3% |
| J & J Farms, LLC | $14,494 | $11,854 | -18.2% |
| Denson Ranch, LLC | $15,586 | $11,717 | -24.8% |
| Mark A. Cole | $3,281 | $11,604 | 253.7% |
| Charles E. Blonde | $8,662 | $11,550 | 33.3% |
| Ernest Taft | $12,438 | $11,279 | -9.3% |
| Wayne A. Gillespie | $51,274 | $11,173 | -78.2% |
| Don Samsal | $12,405 | $11,005 | -11.3% |
| Randi Samsal | $12,405 | $11,005 | -11.3% |
| Christopher Roberts | $34,930 | $10,845 | -69% |
| Dean Hellinger | $13,402 | $10,634 | -20.7% |
| Barbara J Monroe Trust | $21,641 | $10,507 | -51.4% |
| Kluth, Inc. | $15,398 | $10,071 | -34.6% |
| Michael T. Buckley | $13,217 | $9,866 | -25.4% |
| Christopher S. Kimmet | $7,028 | $9,674 | 37.6% |
| Sveum Family, LLC | $9,385 | $9,597 | 2.3% |
| Wiegand Farms, Inc. | $19,517 | $8,898 | -54.4% |
| Dakoda William Simmes | $13,495 | $8,180 | -39.4% |
| Scott Bye | $3,723 | $8,017 | 115.3% |
| F Outfit, Inc. | $60,065 | $7,819 | -87% |
| Linda S Harwood Revocable Trust | $13,532 | $7,814 | -42.3% |
| Bob Bergstrom Farm, LLC | $3,846 | $7,515 | 95.4% |
| Gary Aklestad | $2,458 | $7,374 | 200% |
| Daniel M. Wurz | $4,040 | $7,303 | 80.8% |
| Ruby R. McAlpine | $0 | $7,235 | -- |
| Douglas H. Parker | $25,233 | $7,070 | -72% |
| Ronald B Munson Farms, Inc. | $10,266 | $6,951 | -32.3% |
| Irene M Alme Estate | $3,691 | $6,789 | 83.9% |
| Kelly E. Mothershead | $27,550 | $6,473 | -76.5% |
| Shirley Kienenberger Fisher | $6,421 | $6,421 | 0% |
| Stanley Bunyak | $8,885 | $6,319 | -28.9% |
| Margaret J Stratton Testamentary Trust | $0 | $6,276 | -- |
| Leah R Pehan | $6,275 | $6,275 | 0% |
| Douglas Habets | $12,719 | $6,205 | -51.2% |
| Shawn Simmes | $6,680 | $5,806 | -13.1% |
| Gary Kiefer | $6,575 | $5,532 | -15.9% |
| Kevin Dodson | $6,310 | $5,377 | -14.8% |
| Lana Schock | $10,667 | $5,375 | -49.6% |
| Nichols Farm, LLC | $6,678 | $5,251 | -21.4% |
| Kenneth M. Wolf | $0 | $4,907 | -- |
| Linda Henke | $4,819 | $4,819 | 0% |
| Cindy Frydenlund | $4,816 | $4,816 | 0% |
| Patti Warburton | $4,816 | $4,816 | 0% |
| Green Coulee Ranch | $36,744 | $4,786 | -87% |
| Debra M. Munson | $3,976 | $4,783 | 20.3% |
| Delmar R. Benjamin | $5,347 | $4,563 | -14.7% |
| Shirley E. Kimmet | $4,708 | $4,378 | -7% |
| Darold Tomsheck | $0 | $4,342 | -- |
| Calvin Kanning | $3,995 | $3,995 | 0% |
| Palmer S Hardeland | $4,793 | $3,975 | -17.1% |
| Hillery Ruth Hutton | $0 | $3,830 | -- |
| Arnold Bronken | $3,901 | $3,579 | -8.3% |
| OPS, Inc. | $2,704 | $3,546 | 31.1% |
| R & S Farms | $4,230 | $3,470 | -18% |
| Bloomin Farm, LLC | $0 | $3,352 | -- |
| Jeff Flesch | $4,381 | $3,304 | -24.6% |
| Joe Flesch | $4,381 | $3,304 | -24.6% |
| Cole William Delacey | $1,720 | $3,280 | 90.7% |
| Amanda Stewart | $3,298 | $3,188 | -3.3% |
| Anna Mae Woldtvedt | $3,328 | $3,016 | -9.4% |
| Lance Stewart | $2,878 | $2,971 | 3.2% |
| Kelly R. Hartwell | $14,124 | $2,947 | -79.1% |
| William W. Wiegand | $3,349 | $2,642 | -21.1% |
| Kelleher Brothers | $67,096 | $2,542 | -96.2% |
| Edward Flesch | $3,012 | $2,510 | -16.7% |
| Ray R. Schock | $7,122 | $2,318 | -67.5% |
| Richard T. Harwood | $2,873 | $2,312 | -19.5% |
| Shannon R. Dunk | $2,787 | $2,305 | -17.3% |
| Clifford E. Benjamin | $1,139 | $2,190 | 92.3% |
| Kenneth N. Flesch | $1,307 | $2,166 | 65.7% |
| Terry Suta | $3,297 | $2,148 | -34.8% |
| Brice Stewart | $2,016 | $2,016 | 0% |
| Joan Stewart | $2,016 | $2,016 | 0% |
| John Alstad | $2,594 | $1,940 | -25.2% |
| Habets Grain, Inc. | $1,845 | $1,845 | 0% |
| Brenda Fretheim | $2,357 | $1,674 | -29% |
| James H. Parker | $812 | $1,481 | 82.4% |
| Dennis M. Gottfried | $2,464 | $1,383 | -43.9% |
| Norma Fae Stene | $1,279 | $1,215 | -5% |
| C & L Henke, Inc. | $1,183 | $1,183 | 0% |
| Sandon Cattle, LLC | $5,203 | $1,049 | -79.8% |
| Charles C. Rohlf | $3,890 | $1,035 | -73.4% |
| Jewell M. Benjamin | $16,563 | $998 | -94% |
| Logan F. Simmes | $2,692 | $971 | -63.9% |
| Roger A. Jacobson | $1,115 | $968 | -13.2% |
| Dina Sandon | $1,094 | $907 | -17.1% |
| Norman Denson Irrevocable Living Trust | $0 | $884 | -- |
| Olivia Tilley | $0 | $859 | -- |
| Quinque Oil, LLC | $972 | $833 | -14.3% |
| David J. Sandon | $866 | $809 | -6.6% |
| Jabez W Rogers | $0 | $797 | -- |
| Tracy Dumas | $969 | $767 | -20.8% |
| Jack Wells | $841 | $739 | -12.1% |
| James G. Hawkins | $850 | $704 | -17.2% |
| Joseph Hofer | $7,496 | $580 | -92.3% |
| Allan Underdal | $212 | $526 | 148.1% |
| Pamela Bye | $2,420 | $485 | -80% |
| Harriet M. Karst | $337 | $450 | 33.5% |
| John Miller | $2,601 | $391 | -85% |
| Jacqueline Allmaras M. Rohlf | $458 | $339 | -26% |
| Joe K. Suta | $486 | $335 | -31.1% |
| Bryan J. Barker | $1,452 | $328 | -77.4% |
| Jayleen Nelson | $1,705 | $318 | -81.3% |
| Circle 7K, Corp. | $759 | $294 | -61.3% |
| Benjamin McAlpine | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Daryl McAlpine | $1,001 | $211 | -78.9% |
| Desert Rose Ranch, Inc. | $327 | $209 | -36.1% |
| Black Hills Ranch, Inc. | $327 | $208 | -36.4% |
| Cody Rohlf | $99 | $42 | -57.6% |
| Jay T. Halvorson | $45 | $24 | -46.7% |
| Pat Buckley | $0 | $11 | -- |
| Irene Alme | $6,126 | $0 | -100% |
| 4-D Acres, Inc. | $4,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen E Winter Estate | $674 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrea Dyrdahl | $56,922 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce H Taft Estate | $69,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Cab Farms, Inc. | $54,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Benjamin | $6,403 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles R. McCarter | $3,684 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $210,165 | $0 | -100% |
| First State Bank of Shelby | $1,354,075 | $0 | -100% |
| James B Kalbfleisch & Virginia a | $6,749 | $0 | -100% |
| Joey McKechnie | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn J. Davis | $2,927 | $0 | -100% |
| Klayton K Lohr | $4,648 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret J Stratton Testamentary | $6,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Mccarter Farms, Inc. | $89,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Michel B. Wolf | $4,907 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell Kelly Estate | $33,413 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman Denson Irrevocable Living | $1,859 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip Alan Nickol | $44,832 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Winter | $346 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Fowler, Inc. | $24,948 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Horgus | $38,322 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald B. Munson | $1,762 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosalie E Ferestad | $2,551 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra L. Munson | $1,628 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley McCarter | $19,962 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Jean Mccarter Estate | $18,008 | $0 | -100% |
| X9, Inc. | $31,642 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene C. Luckenbill | $2,566 | $0 | -100% |
| Luanne Wallewein | $5,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Rostyn Don Pace | $5,917 | $0 | -100% |
| S & T Acres, Inc. | $5,533 | $0 | -100% |
| Skookumchuck Agent | $34,493 | $0 | -100% |
| Sunburst Holdings, LLC | $8,122 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry A. Kimmet | $758 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruby R. McAlpine | $7,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $11,422,268 | $7,973,085 | -30.2% |
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