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In 2021, 212 farmers in cities within Musselshell County received a total of $4.4 million in 463 farm subsidies, a 34% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.6 million in 567 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 Musselshell County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Colony, Inc. | $273,602 | $272,145 | -0.5% |
| Floweree Land & Cattle Company ABN North Fork Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $223,775 | -- |
| Mitch Roen | $92,054 | $210,482 | 128.7% |
| Flat Willow Ranch | $254,213 | $172,031 | -32.3% |
| Foster Ranch & Feedlot, Inc. | $521,123 | $160,913 | -69.1% |
| Silver Sage Ranch | $261,995 | $156,853 | -40.1% |
| Grebe Family Limited Partnership | $106,128 | $100,726 | -5.1% |
| Toby Stahl | $76,948 | $99,276 | 29% |
| Nannette Stahl | $76,778 | $99,250 | 29.3% |
| Frank Goffena | $117,727 | $90,755 | -22.9% |
| Kilby Butte Hutterian Brethren, Inc. | $0 | $76,053 | -- |
| Thomas Hougen | $114,659 | $75,207 | -34.4% |
| Toby Dahl | $84,649 | $73,465 | -13.2% |
| Brad Kinsey | $93,288 | $72,280 | -22.5% |
| High Butte Ranch | $89,903 | $67,099 | -25.4% |
| Milton Ranch, LLC | $164,390 | $65,804 | -60% |
| Hochmuth Ranch, Inc. | $96,173 | $64,990 | -32.4% |
| Ricky Ray Downs Trust | $79,887 | $60,214 | -24.6% |
| Terry Frost | $12,202 | $59,951 | 391.3% |
| Wesley P. Stahl | $63,310 | $58,485 | -7.6% |
| Stephanie Downs Trust | $79,832 | $58,458 | -26.8% |
| Musselshell Ranch Company | $54,978 | $56,926 | 3.5% |
| Stensvad, Inc. | $55,768 | $53,217 | -4.6% |
| Matthew R. McCleary | $0 | $52,693 | -- |
| Dejaegher Ranch | $91,812 | $51,692 | -43.7% |
| Robert Stayer | $149,586 | $51,640 | -65.5% |
| John R. Hughes III | $39,196 | $50,478 | 28.8% |
| Timberline Farm & Ranch Company, Ltd. | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| Clyde Brewer III | $63,420 | $49,782 | -21.5% |
| Matt A. Roen | $81,834 | $49,753 | -39.2% |
| Brent M Hjelvik | $57,317 | $49,215 | -14.1% |
| Cathy Kombol | $21,649 | $46,542 | 115% |
| Carl Vernon Kimmel | $42,587 | $42,556 | -0.1% |
| Justin S. Kincheloe | $20,845 | $42,188 | 102.4% |
| LN Ranching, Inc. | $60,377 | $41,196 | -31.8% |
| Bootprint Ranch, LLC | $50,706 | $38,788 | -23.5% |
| T 7 Bar Ranch | $56,966 | $37,577 | -34% |
| Terry Kombol | $21,763 | $37,415 | 71.9% |
| Clifford A. Roen | $50,382 | $35,251 | -30% |
| Bar Star Cattle, LLC | $127,282 | $34,228 | -73.1% |
| Gary H. Eliasson | $72,870 | $33,396 | -54.2% |
| Vescovi Seven Partnership | $8,096 | $32,771 | 304.8% |
| Stuart Shirley | $34,122 | $32,512 | -4.7% |
| Greg D. Seder | $53,550 | $30,568 | -42.9% |
| Colton Thomas Allen | $25,696 | $28,507 | 10.9% |
| Robert Newman | $112,213 | $27,954 | -75.1% |
| Pot Hook Ranch Partnership | $42,760 | $26,474 | -38.1% |
| Richard K. Jackson | $0 | $24,819 | -- |
| Daniel Iverson | $27,081 | $24,652 | -9% |
| Bergin Farm & Ranch, LLC | $116,471 | $24,000 | -79.4% |
| Alan Hougen | $104,082 | $23,493 | -77.4% |
| Travis J. Newman | $89,414 | $23,104 | -74.2% |
| Vescovi Polled Herefords | $98,405 | $22,952 | -76.7% |
| Raths Livestock | $99,674 | $22,282 | -77.6% |
| Hs Ranch | $18,408 | $22,231 | 20.8% |
| Daniel Buster Ray | $0 | $21,406 | -- |
| Thomas Lanter | $8,089 | $20,514 | 153.6% |
| U Bar Livestock, LLC | $54,465 | $20,460 | -62.4% |
| Fire Ridge Ranch, LLC | $60,985 | $19,435 | -68.1% |
| Mary Cooley - Mary T Cooley Trust | $0 | $19,363 | -- |
| R. J. Pitsch | $0 | $19,357 | -- |
| Gary R & Diane C Wacker Family Trust | $0 | $17,899 | -- |
| Brandon Adolph | $27,013 | $17,826 | -34% |
| Bergin Land and Livestock Company, Ltd. | $26,130 | $17,754 | -32.1% |
| Darla J. Jeffers | $13,831 | $16,839 | 21.7% |
| MacKenzie L. Serrano | $936 | $16,742 | 1,688.7% |
| TL Cattle Company | $18,303 | $16,480 | -10% |
| Keith E. Nelson | $47,163 | $15,888 | -66.3% |
| Bruno Rodeghiero | $41,343 | $15,723 | -62% |
| Jody L. Wacker | $41,319 | $15,689 | -62% |
| Tom Vandeberg | $18,422 | $15,092 | -18.1% |
| Mike Goffena | $15,434 | $13,955 | -9.6% |
| Gilbert Majerus - Gilbert J Majerus Revocable Trust | $0 | $12,927 | -- |
| Diamond Ta Cattle, LLC | $4,343 | $11,600 | 167.1% |
| Bull Mountain Cattle, LLC | $61,303 | $11,444 | -81.3% |
| Ryan James Brewer | $29,246 | $11,417 | -61% |
| Hougen Land, Inc. | $45,554 | $9,442 | -79.3% |
| Michelle R. Blegen | $2,770 | $9,011 | 225.3% |
| Teresa Hice | $0 | $9,008 | -- |
| Duane Wacker | $10,896 | $9,006 | -17.3% |
| Brian Dean Korell | $19,125 | $8,833 | -53.8% |
| Edward Pelan | $37,690 | $8,350 | -77.8% |
| Claudia Pelan | $38,947 | $8,343 | -78.6% |
| Jason Pelan | $38,482 | $8,343 | -78.3% |
| Gage Dome, LLC | $13,413 | $8,165 | -39.1% |
| Tammy Medearis-Boucher | $9,852 | $8,153 | -17.2% |
| Samuel R. Hagerman | $2,684 | $8,148 | 203.6% |
| Charley Jennaway | $38,228 | $7,816 | -79.6% |
| Rebecca Jennaway | $38,136 | $7,816 | -79.5% |
| Jim Harper | $8,129 | $7,798 | -4.1% |
| Haynes Mountain Ranch, LLC | $9,820 | $7,596 | -22.6% |
| Curt Goffena | $7,513 | $7,586 | 1% |
| SKY Hook Cattle Company | $11,957 | $7,530 | -37% |
| Alamar Livestock, LLC | $65,022 | $6,980 | -89.3% |
| Barry James Dejaegher | $5,400 | $6,969 | 29.1% |
| William J. Goffena | $7,591 | $6,774 | -10.8% |
| Mary Jane Beadle | $7,503 | $6,767 | -9.8% |
| Alan Goffena | $7,893 | $6,731 | -14.7% |
| Harley Blegen | $2,803 | $6,618 | 136.1% |
| John D Iverson - Iverson Joint Revocable Trust | $0 | $6,497 | -- |
| Brett R. Adolph | $25,086 | $6,125 | -75.6% |
| Louis W. Goffena | $4,955 | $6,110 | 23.3% |
| Stacey L Gravenhof | $19,720 | $6,093 | -69.1% |
| Rita Turley R. Neumiller | $5,973 | $5,821 | -2.5% |
| David O. Turley | $8,908 | $5,717 | -35.8% |
| Happy Cattle Land & Livestock, LLC | $0 | $5,541 | -- |
| Chad Matthew Murnin | $0 | $5,438 | -- |
| Michael P. Turley | $12,764 | $5,266 | -58.7% |
| Brian J. Turley | $12,764 | $5,256 | -58.8% |
| Joseph M Teini | $4,510 | $5,156 | 14.3% |
| Greg Stamp | $23,928 | $5,046 | -78.9% |
| Linda Roen | $0 | $5,013 | -- |
| Wilbur Harper | $7,832 | $4,875 | -37.8% |
| Hjelvik Family Revocable Trust | $6,786 | $4,833 | -28.8% |
| 54 Livestock Company, Inc. | $4,278 | $4,833 | 13% |
| Marilynn M. Daum | $0 | $4,783 | -- |
| Daniel E. Brewer | $40,977 | $4,724 | -88.5% |
| JR Vezain | $48,776 | $4,610 | -90.5% |
| Bryan W. Adolph | $13,309 | $4,554 | -65.8% |
| Julie E Majerus Revocable Trust | $10,431 | $4,180 | -59.9% |
| Haynes River Ranch, LLC | $5,373 | $4,125 | -23.2% |
| Pam Benson | $0 | $4,118 | -- |
| Donna Pinkerton | $0 | $4,112 | -- |
| Rustad Ranch | $7,130 | $3,926 | -44.9% |
| Jim Wilson | $18,832 | $3,879 | -79.4% |
| Judith E. Knapp | $0 | $3,825 | -- |
| SKY Hook Ranch, LLP | $7,104 | $3,467 | -51.2% |
| Turley Family Bypass Trust | $3,476 | $3,421 | -1.6% |
| Vincent R. Goffena | $3,935 | $3,413 | -13.3% |
| John Dallas Teini | $4,739 | $3,374 | -28.8% |
| Jessica Samuelson | $13,508 | $3,244 | -76% |
| Joan S. Bergin | $3,967 | $3,048 | -23.2% |
| William Earl Bergin | $3,967 | $3,048 | -23.2% |
| Vernon Stensvad | $6,787 | $2,901 | -57.3% |
| Rose Blum | $12,507 | $2,826 | -77.4% |
| Casey Kombol | $4,258 | $2,765 | -35.1% |
| Michelle Kombol | $4,225 | $2,739 | -35.2% |
| Mitchell L. Rech | $11,550 | $2,611 | -77.4% |
| Michele Rindal | $2,944 | $2,576 | -12.5% |
| Judith a Rongen | $12,380 | $2,444 | -80.3% |
| Chad Hitchcock | $8,185 | $2,401 | -70.7% |
| Gebhardt Bros Farm | $2,396 | $2,396 | 0% |
| Bret Neil Hough | $2,299 | $2,258 | -1.8% |
| Gregg Ranch, Inc. | $5,525 | $2,246 | -59.3% |
| Sue M. Olson | $4,290 | $2,242 | -47.7% |
| Kenneth L. Kuhlmann | $12,427 | $2,238 | -82% |
| John T. Robbins | $15,483 | $2,228 | -85.6% |
| Daphne A. Kuhlmann | $12,116 | $2,220 | -81.7% |
| Big Wall Land Company | $14,772 | $2,064 | -86% |
| Ralph J. Goffena | $1,155 | $2,044 | 77% |
| Heart S Cattle Company | $12,336 | $1,994 | -83.8% |
| Cecelia Teini | $6,231 | $1,958 | -68.6% |
| Sage Newman | $13,003 | $1,882 | -85.5% |
| Brian Walker | $8,833 | $1,868 | -78.9% |
| Daniel V. Lang | $1,366 | $1,821 | 33.3% |
| Lukus Michael Olson | $875 | $1,778 | 103.2% |
| Patricia Pflughoft | $899 | $1,696 | 88.7% |
| GW & Dot Farms, Inc. | $6,842 | $1,600 | -76.6% |
| Jane Heckt | $7,697 | $1,581 | -79.5% |
| Nicholas David Nelson | $7,447 | $1,570 | -78.9% |
| Loris M. Smith | $12,616 | $1,430 | -88.7% |
| Thomas G. Shanahan | $0 | $1,339 | -- |
| Michelle R. Kanta | $1,556 | $1,335 | -14.2% |
| Roger Doely | $2,796 | $1,311 | -53.1% |
| James H. Bowman | $638 | $1,221 | 91.4% |
| Susan L. Mikkelson | $2,695 | $1,215 | -54.9% |
| Nathan Merfield Goffena | $492 | $1,199 | 143.7% |
| Stephanie Newman | $5,907 | $1,137 | -80.8% |
| George A. Goffena | $7,521 | $1,134 | -84.9% |
| Eliasson Ranch Company | $917 | $1,126 | 22.8% |
| Robert J. Thomas | $1,155 | $1,099 | -4.8% |
| Mikell L. Hougen | $5,236 | $1,046 | -80% |
| Brenda Goffena | $6,574 | $1,019 | -84.5% |
| Robin J. Christiaens | $5,629 | $1,006 | -82.1% |
| George E Griemsman | $14,760 | $1,004 | -93.2% |
| Adam Poulos | $4,873 | $982 | -79.8% |
| Bridger Timmerman | $4,942 | $974 | -80.3% |
| Tippy Butte Ranch, Inc. | $1,158 | $891 | -23.1% |
| Jon Kowalski | $2,079 | $878 | -57.8% |
| Monte Gebhardt | $9,830 | $866 | -91.2% |
| Shay Wacker | $4,128 | $818 | -80.2% |
| Shayla Hough | $5,274 | $778 | -85.2% |
| Angus Rindal | $5,071 | $758 | -85.1% |
| Draya Wacker | $1,907 | $741 | -61.1% |
| Kenneth Lloyd Mosdal | $1,337 | $738 | -44.8% |
| Titus Timothy Stahl | $4,002 | $733 | -81.7% |
| Trish Hagerman | $0 | $687 | -- |
| Nevada R. Newman | $5,923 | $668 | -88.7% |
| Anne Louise Coles | $0 | $623 | -- |
| Roger Siemion | $3,204 | $599 | -81.3% |
| Domenic Simondi | $4,173 | $593 | -85.8% |
| Neil Hough | $198 | $488 | 146.5% |
| Brayden Wacker | $2,310 | $485 | -79% |
| Brooke McCleary | $330 | $422 | 27.9% |
| Robert Staples | $1,543 | $402 | -73.9% |
| Brenda J. Vescovi | $1,025 | $363 | -64.6% |
| Glenn W. Goffena | $1,551 | $363 | -76.6% |
| Wayne Wood | $0 | $360 | -- |
| Hannah Goffena | $750 | $355 | -52.7% |
| Katie Paula Coles | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Penny Joann Coles | $0 | $311 | -- |
| Ryan Schaff | $1,364 | $294 | -78.4% |
| Matthew Jack Vandeberg | $1,452 | $291 | -80% |
| Sarah Gustafson | $1,133 | $280 | -75.3% |
| Taggert Foss Blackmore | $1,672 | $268 | -84% |
| Dirk Ewing | $0 | $245 | -- |
| Diane Wacker | $1,056 | $211 | -80% |
| Cindy Bossard | $660 | $142 | -78.5% |
| Gary Zaccagnini | $1,660 | $134 | -91.9% |
| Rachaell Suhr | $491 | $94 | -80.9% |
| Karen Hough | $224 | $48 | -78.6% |
| Cody Dimmick | $1,584 | $26 | -98.4% |
| Anne Louise Coles | $623 | $0 | -100% |
| Breelle Wacker | $1,763 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett Lee Severe | $4,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Gillian Ann Severe | $5,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Severe | $26,312 | $0 | -100% |
| Mackabe Kent Severe | $9,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Penny Joann Coles | $311 | $0 | -100% |
| Sid Newman Ranch Trust | $47,304 | $0 | -100% |
| Cloyd Hudson | $3,878 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Cooley | $21,912 | $0 | -100% |
| Maxine Turley | $3,913 | $0 | -100% |
| Amy Kirsten Goffena | $2,984 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl White | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Ray | $32,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrick Angel | $4,895 | $0 | -100% |
| David Lee Goffena | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Emalee Vickers | $387 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $287 | $0 | -100% |
| First Security Bank | $15,965 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary R & Diane C Wacker Family Trustee | $17,186 | $0 | -100% |
| Gilbert Majerus - Gilbert J. Majer | $8,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Happy Cattle Land & Livestock, LL | $5,478 | $0 | -100% |
| Hayley Stahl | $961 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Beasley | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| John Iverson - Iverson Joint D. Re | $9,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Jorgenson Land and Livestock, Inc. | $32,744 | $0 | -100% |
| Kate Robbins | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy J. Adolph | $1,570 | $0 | -100% |
| Kilby Butte Hutterian Brethren in | $109,034 | $0 | -100% |
| Kurt Anderson | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Leona Marie Bascom | $2,251 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Rose Beasley | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Michelle Martin | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Nora Anderson | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| R & S Goffena Ranch, Inc. | $6,820 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert T. Goffena | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Shannon Grace Majerus | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue L. Mikkelson | $5,114 | $0 | -100% |
| Teri Hice | $11,066 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendy Jones | $620 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,624,975 | $4,370,917 | -34% |
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