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In 2021, 182 farmers in cities within Lincoln County received a total of $3.1 million in 454 farm subsidies, a 66.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.2 million in 757 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 Lincoln County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| MHW Enterprises, Inc. | $453,091 | $144,268 | -68.2% |
| Vonada Farms, Inc. | $257,010 | $115,866 | -54.9% |
| Morrical Brothers | $247,477 | $109,150 | -55.9% |
| Meyer Land and Cattle Company | $993,135 | $95,556 | -90.4% |
| A M S | $324,415 | $91,043 | -71.9% |
| Richard Ancell Farms, LLC | $189,724 | $90,602 | -52.2% |
| Trent Knobbe-Trent S Knobbe Liv Trustee | $314,807 | $86,660 | -72.5% |
| Abercrombie Farms, Inc. | $191,858 | $84,890 | -55.8% |
| Ernest Schoen | $161,478 | $75,662 | -53.1% |
| Ron Frederking Enterprises, Inc. | $185,490 | $72,501 | -60.9% |
| Rob Obermueller | $172,569 | $66,863 | -61.3% |
| Ringler Ranch No 1, LLC | $175,654 | $65,209 | -62.9% |
| Kevin Duane Good | $167,151 | $64,731 | -61.3% |
| Leland T. Clark | $141,935 | $62,940 | -55.7% |
| Ronald Mccosh Trust No 1 | $147,485 | $62,685 | -57.5% |
| Dennis D. Pearson | $141,037 | $58,308 | -58.7% |
| Conrad Wehrman | $195,681 | $58,188 | -70.3% |
| Max Wehrman | $196,607 | $57,226 | -70.9% |
| Joe H. Coover | $115,920 | $51,026 | -56% |
| AL Joe Wallace Trust No 1 | $145,078 | $50,207 | -65.4% |
| Morton Farm, Inc. | $93,444 | $48,818 | -47.8% |
| Brady Lewis Coover | $107,368 | $46,998 | -56.2% |
| Nicholas G. Biggs | $124,644 | $46,988 | -62.3% |
| Quinton A. Richards | $175,543 | $45,238 | -74.2% |
| Stanley Labertew | $11,287 | $38,406 | 240.3% |
| Rodney McCosh | $90,570 | $37,839 | -58.2% |
| Errebo Farms, Inc. | $104,404 | $37,787 | -63.8% |
| Gregory J. Ringler | $114,028 | $36,796 | -67.7% |
| Michael A. Gebhart | $90,312 | $36,428 | -59.7% |
| Lloyd D Gier Living Trust | $79,804 | $35,656 | -55.3% |
| Sorensen Farms, Inc. | $140,401 | $34,895 | -75.1% |
| Max Wallace | $88,881 | $34,218 | -61.5% |
| Russell Frederking Farms, Inc. | $86,419 | $31,244 | -63.8% |
| Michael D. Stewart | $75,641 | $30,988 | -59% |
| Abell Trust No 1 Under Agreement Dated Nov 11, 2005 | $74,450 | $30,877 | -58.5% |
| Hart, Inc. | $56,648 | $30,777 | -45.7% |
| Jim a Harlow Estate | $74,541 | $30,401 | -59.2% |
| J T Farms, Inc. | $69,855 | $29,745 | -57.4% |
| Gary Jones | $74,906 | $29,495 | -60.6% |
| Merrill R. Nielsen | $46,205 | $27,385 | -40.7% |
| Bob L. Abell | $49,451 | $26,884 | -45.6% |
| Nicholas E. Ringler | $85,082 | $25,674 | -69.8% |
| Stephen D. Shaffer | $63,909 | $25,206 | -60.6% |
| Billy A. Clark | $76,853 | $25,009 | -67.5% |
| Ben Kratky | $49,832 | $22,420 | -55% |
| Ray D. Keller | $42,035 | $21,723 | -48.3% |
| Thomas A. Carney | $95,087 | $19,818 | -79.2% |
| Jerome Wade Burger | $40,955 | $19,480 | -52.4% |
| Michael Cole | $90,408 | $18,516 | -79.5% |
| Roger M Hoeh & Jean M Hoeh Rev Trustee | $66,218 | $18,456 | -72.1% |
| Carl Nielsen | $22,607 | $17,310 | -23.4% |
| Tim Hiitter | $56,590 | $15,241 | -73.1% |
| Clint M. Meitler | $67,839 | $14,624 | -78.4% |
| Ethan Allen Lyne | $32,498 | $13,669 | -57.9% |
| Toby S Meyer - 6M Livestock | $205,227 | $13,098 | -93.6% |
| Randy K. Rathbun | $33,103 | $12,622 | -61.9% |
| Oetting Farms, Inc. | $26,712 | $12,571 | -52.9% |
| Brock Mueller - Mueller Living Trust | $23,842 | $12,535 | -47.4% |
| Ryan Wolting | $38,945 | $12,252 | -68.5% |
| Kent Rahmeier | $47,849 | $11,857 | -75.2% |
| Mark Woody | $21,581 | $11,579 | -46.3% |
| Nathan McCosh | $25,050 | $11,477 | -54.2% |
| Edward A. Dohl | $18,958 | $11,127 | -41.3% |
| Donald L. Weseloh | $31,391 | $10,915 | -65.2% |
| Jeremy Jones | $34,962 | $10,872 | -68.9% |
| Claude Harold Morrical Family Trust | $36,914 | $10,490 | -71.6% |
| Larry Jones Family Trust | $18,504 | $10,290 | -44.4% |
| John Huehl | $14,316 | $10,212 | -28.7% |
| Merlin J. Lyne | $26,132 | $9,911 | -62.1% |
| Virgil C. Lawson | $22,198 | $9,470 | -57.3% |
| Eric D. Frederking | $16,616 | $9,364 | -43.6% |
| Collin Schroeder | $16,699 | $9,301 | -44.3% |
| Dora L Schroeder Trust | $16,695 | $9,299 | -44.3% |
| Stephen J. Wirth | $15,443 | $9,117 | -41% |
| Stephen Nicholas Boor | $20,675 | $9,065 | -56.2% |
| Lonney Ehrlich | $12,504 | $8,859 | -29.2% |
| Michael L. Rosebrook | $29,244 | $8,535 | -70.8% |
| Michael Svaty | $15,516 | $8,525 | -45.1% |
| Lester R Beeson Trust | $14,342 | $8,279 | -42.3% |
| Raymond Splitter | $20,782 | $8,027 | -61.4% |
| Harold Good | $31,920 | $7,849 | -75.4% |
| Sharon K Zier-Oppliger | $13,767 | $7,641 | -44.5% |
| Jeremy Abell | $25,016 | $7,545 | -69.8% |
| Andreson Family Land Trust | $0 | $7,140 | -- |
| F Gregory Bond Rev Trust | $13,200 | $7,049 | -46.6% |
| Aaron Ancell | $14,674 | $7,023 | -52.1% |
| Travis James Suelter | $17,554 | $6,675 | -62% |
| Kent E. Clark | $11,432 | $6,466 | -43.4% |
| Schroeder Brothers | $28,384 | $6,187 | -78.2% |
| Scott Woods | $35,458 | $6,115 | -82.8% |
| Wade Gregg | $11,007 | $6,046 | -45.1% |
| Gary Sorensen | $11,055 | $5,779 | -47.7% |
| Shirley Krueger | $10,909 | $5,397 | -50.5% |
| Nick Wallace | $12,050 | $5,179 | -57% |
| Virginia - Virginia L Donley Family Trustee L Donley | $9,708 | $5,167 | -46.8% |
| Jordan Harold Frederking | $7,096 | $5,167 | -27.2% |
| Mark Murray | $9,173 | $5,087 | -44.5% |
| Dale W. Krueger | $17,165 | $5,082 | -70.4% |
| Jeremy C. Wacker | $11,144 | $4,772 | -57.2% |
| Kay Jackson | $9,325 | $4,727 | -49.3% |
| Frances M Coover Trust No 1 | $8,132 | $4,718 | -42% |
| Joshua D. Goossen | $9,967 | $4,631 | -53.5% |
| Richard E and Helen S Reeves Fam Trustee | $4,570 | $4,570 | 0% |
| Steven D. Cheney | $12,599 | $4,511 | -64.2% |
| Sally S. Ulrich | $4,019 | $4,019 | 0% |
| William M. Woody | $15,333 | $3,835 | -75% |
| Lavon C. Meili | $3,870 | $3,829 | -1.1% |
| Lori E. Reeves | $3,730 | $3,730 | 0% |
| Dwight Watson | $11,462 | $3,631 | -68.3% |
| Elizabeth a Woody Trust | $8,118 | $3,630 | -55.3% |
| Joshua Foulke | $10,480 | $3,550 | -66.1% |
| Arthur J. Dohl | $15,051 | $3,479 | -76.9% |
| Almeta L. Kelly | $3,341 | $3,294 | -1.4% |
| Whitney Adrian | $16,653 | $3,199 | -80.8% |
| Josh Lyne | $6,133 | $3,150 | -48.6% |
| Hlad Farms | $21,139 | $3,117 | -85.3% |
| Beverly a Anderson-Fisher | $3,161 | $3,094 | -2.1% |
| Bar C Ranch, Ltd. | $17,652 | $3,075 | -82.6% |
| Emily Cole | $12,839 | $3,061 | -76.2% |
| Arlene S Dohl Trust No 1 | $4,408 | $2,920 | -33.8% |
| Tyler Thomas Hlad | $17,976 | $2,884 | -84% |
| Troy Andersen | $7,538 | $2,614 | -65.3% |
| Lyle R. Wohler | $4,844 | $2,566 | -47% |
| Rodney S. Gouldin | $4,135 | $2,377 | -42.5% |
| Royce Oppliger | $4,079 | $2,292 | -43.8% |
| Gerald H. Browder | $5,497 | $2,264 | -58.8% |
| Lila J Ehrlich Estate | $3,400 | $2,248 | -33.9% |
| Steven K. Andreson | $3,846 | $2,183 | -43.2% |
| Mitchell Ryan Keller | $1,932 | $2,029 | 5% |
| Scott D. Rathbun | $5,768 | $1,972 | -65.8% |
| Evelyn A. Morrical | $8,206 | $1,886 | -77% |
| Tyler L. Good | $3,168 | $1,850 | -41.6% |
| Ronald H. Hlad | $1,863 | $1,806 | -3.1% |
| Jim Lawson | $5,037 | $1,777 | -64.7% |
| Shawn A. Keim | $3,936 | $1,678 | -57.4% |
| Paula H Huehl Family Trust | $3,233 | $1,659 | -48.7% |
| Meyer Kids Partnership | $44,150 | $1,642 | -96.3% |
| Coleen Ancell | $2,967 | $1,612 | -45.7% |
| Kathryn Little | $2,667 | $1,544 | -42.1% |
| Malcom D Ulrich Irrev Trustee Share | $4,629 | $1,534 | -66.9% |
| Cadence Richards | $2,122 | $1,347 | -36.5% |
| Mildred C. Hynes | $2,265 | $1,294 | -42.9% |
| Maria F. Powell | $2,575 | $1,289 | -49.9% |
| Daniel L. Cheney | $5,002 | $1,276 | -74.5% |
| Lance Peterson | $9,449 | $1,223 | -87.1% |
| Darin Oetting | $1,158 | $1,211 | 4.6% |
| Lonnie C. Brockway | $31,069 | $1,145 | -96.3% |
| Ryan A. Gier | $1,249 | $1,132 | -9.4% |
| Steven C. McBride | $1,943 | $1,090 | -43.9% |
| Betty Splitter | $2,564 | $1,022 | -60.1% |
| Vanek Family Rvoc Trustee | $2,394 | $1,009 | -57.9% |
| Ryan Charles Martin Stoppel | $1,465 | $999 | -31.8% |
| Daniel Poland | $4,253 | $988 | -76.8% |
| Kale Dean Schmid | $4,510 | $925 | -79.5% |
| John Good | $12,047 | $917 | -92.4% |
| Kenneth L. Becker | $1,615 | $901 | -44.2% |
| Danyelle D. Murray | $5,562 | $868 | -84.4% |
| Tommie A. Berger | $803 | $803 | 0% |
| David Zachgo | $3,586 | $746 | -79.2% |
| Vanita D. Vanek | $2,508 | $702 | -72% |
| Bianca May Pounds | $3,156 | $686 | -78.3% |
| Splitter Angus, LLC | $2,666 | $600 | -77.5% |
| MRS Jean Nicole Still | $2,717 | $595 | -78.1% |
| Janette L. Clark | $1,201 | $570 | -52.5% |
| Howard M. Wehrman | $4,844 | $541 | -88.8% |
| John A. Lancaster | $949 | $530 | -44.2% |
| Tony R. Lancaster | $703 | $530 | -24.6% |
| Aaron McBride | $2,980 | $526 | -82.3% |
| Kelly A. Gebhart | $2,211 | $509 | -77% |
| Darrell K. Oetting | $500 | $494 | -1.2% |
| Jeffrey L. Gross | $1,068 | $483 | -54.8% |
| Larry R. Barr | $1,034 | $410 | -60.3% |
| Charles & Jolene Brockway Trust | $399 | $399 | 0% |
| Larry Feldkamp | $693 | $397 | -42.7% |
| Equipment Service International LC | $1,215 | $374 | -69.2% |
| James D. Adams | $1,507 | $301 | -80% |
| Kylie Rahmeier | $2,103 | $222 | -89.4% |
| Nick T. Raile | $1,567 | $218 | -86.1% |
| Kenneth Srna | $497 | $191 | -61.6% |
| Malcom Ulrich | $371 | $182 | -50.9% |
| Jessie L. Harlow | $462 | $180 | -61% |
| Lester Richards | $159 | $76 | -52.2% |
| George Wallace Loy | $947 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Adrian | $2,854 | $0 | -100% |
| Claude Harold Morrical Marital Trust | $325 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Jay Meyer | $2,450 | $0 | -100% |
| Ben W. Wehrman | $593 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Thielen Family Rev Trustee | $491 | $0 | -100% |
| Dell E. Gier | $3,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn P. Ringler Jr. | $29,073 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonah L Huehl | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Kolton L. Meyer | $2,714 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa A. Carney | $287 | $0 | -100% |
| Mason Gillespie | $4,511 | $0 | -100% |
| Matt Zachgo | $680 | $0 | -100% |
| Rich & Helen Reeves Fam Trustee | $229 | $0 | -100% |
| Tanner K. Kubick | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyra R. Meyer | $2,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,154,926 | $3,103,693 | -66.1% |
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