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In 2021, 199 farmers in cities within Oneida County received a total of $2.6 million in 478 farm subsidies, a 42.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 559 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 Oneida County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Sod, Inc. | $3,761 | $112,485 | 2,890.8% |
| Potter Ranches, LLC | $147,451 | $85,970 | -41.7% |
| Robert Sorensen | $119,894 | $73,968 | -38.3% |
| Hansen's Grain, Inc. | $108,000 | $73,273 | -32.2% |
| Talbot Family Farms, LLC | $89,207 | $72,418 | -18.8% |
| S Bar S Ranch, LLC | $333,051 | $71,262 | -78.6% |
| Wright Bros Partnership | $93,940 | $70,992 | -24.4% |
| Wright Brothers Ranches, L L C | $66,269 | $69,282 | 4.5% |
| Susan Wittman | $76,734 | $68,698 | -10.5% |
| Tyrell G. Thomas | $110,109 | $68,372 | -37.9% |
| Fuhriman Farms, LLC | $81,609 | $64,836 | -20.6% |
| William R. Ball Jr. | $93,603 | $62,563 | -33.2% |
| Douglas J. Mills | $76,684 | $57,027 | -25.6% |
| Simpsons S Bar S - Do Not Use After 2021, LLC | $123,836 | $54,837 | -55.7% |
| Jeff E. Alder | $137,325 | $52,305 | -61.9% |
| Park Family Trust Max & Noreen Park | $53,055 | $50,559 | -4.7% |
| Flying R Trust | $63,932 | $49,298 | -22.9% |
| Daniel R. Daniels | $73,866 | $48,876 | -33.8% |
| Tod Daniels | $67,585 | $46,390 | -31.4% |
| Austin Tubbs | $97,146 | $37,071 | -61.8% |
| Willie Cattle Company, LLC | $107,564 | $37,040 | -65.6% |
| Paul Hubbard Transport, Inc. | $44,945 | $36,543 | -18.7% |
| Robert O. Kent | $18,744 | $32,737 | 74.7% |
| Brett & Charlene Rose Farm, LLC | $36,764 | $30,574 | -16.8% |
| David Richards | $35,546 | $29,883 | -15.9% |
| Lynn A. Wright | $40,590 | $29,481 | -27.4% |
| Buehlers, Inc. | $34,067 | $29,240 | -14.2% |
| Dale F. Tubbs | $29,033 | $29,033 | 0% |
| Max King Family Farms, Inc. | $28,719 | $28,719 | 0% |
| Wayne Clark | $39,880 | $27,507 | -31% |
| Sid Clark | $27,328 | $27,328 | 0% |
| GD Farms, LLC | $52,996 | $27,200 | -48.7% |
| John B. Blaisdell | $39,550 | $25,746 | -34.9% |
| Kay C Alder & Son, Inc. | $45,169 | $24,064 | -46.7% |
| Tallen K. Boyer | $26,195 | $23,949 | -8.6% |
| Loyd W. Briggs | $30,476 | $23,718 | -22.2% |
| Gary Parry | $29,592 | $23,188 | -21.6% |
| Matthew D. Tubbs | $49,986 | $23,130 | -53.7% |
| ZJ Ranch, LLC | $27,982 | $22,988 | -17.8% |
| John L. Hoyt | $31,952 | $22,524 | -29.5% |
| Chet Keetch | $81,369 | $21,222 | -73.9% |
| Vard R Neal | $35,735 | $20,157 | -43.6% |
| R & V Neal Ranches, Inc. | $62,541 | $18,982 | -69.6% |
| Shauna R. Wright | $41,322 | $18,639 | -54.9% |
| Kirk E. Nielsen | $41,866 | $18,226 | -56.5% |
| Sharon Thorpe Thorpe Rev Trust | $17,888 | $17,888 | 0% |
| Donald S. Vaughan | $59,815 | $17,476 | -70.8% |
| David P. Jones Jr. | $17,715 | $17,449 | -1.5% |
| Lynn C Alder Family Trust | $12,800 | $16,944 | 32.4% |
| Marla McClellan | $26,954 | $16,375 | -39.2% |
| Mills David & Elaine Family Trust | $0 | $16,242 | -- |
| Star Mountain, Inc. | $19,675 | $15,727 | -20.1% |
| Leland A. Ward | $18,289 | $15,196 | -16.9% |
| Dale W. Price | $49,584 | $15,110 | -69.5% |
| Lin R. Higley | $16,089 | $14,861 | -7.6% |
| Joseph J & Euarda N Daniels Living Trust | $21,639 | $14,774 | -31.7% |
| David J. Edwards | $28,358 | $13,105 | -53.8% |
| Gale Neal | $26,761 | $12,943 | -51.6% |
| Harris Farms, Inc. | $23,889 | $12,624 | -47.2% |
| Helen Ward | $13,073 | $11,823 | -9.6% |
| Clint Price | $16,552 | $11,580 | -30% |
| Arthur B. Martinez | $17,369 | $11,149 | -35.8% |
| Rodney K. Wangsgard | $2,007 | $10,946 | 445.4% |
| Elden Nielsen Family Trust | $26,517 | $10,522 | -60.3% |
| Stevton LVG TRST Stephen Werk Trustee | $23,714 | $10,222 | -56.9% |
| Bodie C. Booth | $16,956 | $9,098 | -46.3% |
| Brett R. Blaisdell | $11,137 | $8,559 | -23.1% |
| Eric Leavitt | $16,922 | $8,404 | -50.3% |
| Jones Hereford Ranch | $28,878 | $8,003 | -72.3% |
| Peterson Mark W & Aloa W Trust | $10,092 | $7,827 | -22.4% |
| Marcene L. Williams | $16,893 | $7,691 | -54.5% |
| RB Ward Cattle Company, LLC | $21,686 | $7,675 | -64.6% |
| Colton Land and Cattle, LLC | $5,308 | $7,418 | 39.8% |
| Kelly A. Hill | $8,447 | $7,377 | -12.7% |
| Robert Alan Evans | $12,533 | $7,269 | -42% |
| Chad T. Blaisdell | $10,288 | $7,091 | -31.1% |
| Goddard Tamara J Trust | $16,126 | $6,963 | -56.8% |
| Mark John | $15,492 | $6,766 | -56.3% |
| Karen Ball | $13,465 | $6,701 | -50.2% |
| Shawn E. Blaisdell | $12,646 | $6,681 | -47.2% |
| Kenneth W. Ward | $18,395 | $6,487 | -64.7% |
| Trissa Nesbit | $12,705 | $6,394 | -49.7% |
| Neal R. Moon | $8,336 | $6,338 | -24% |
| Buckhorn Ranching Company, LLC | $42,035 | $5,713 | -86.4% |
| Ivan D. Jensen | $12,422 | $5,424 | -56.3% |
| Carol J. Stevens | $4,768 | $5,301 | 11.2% |
| Heath W. Peterson | $7,989 | $4,963 | -37.9% |
| Gayla A. Jones | $4,796 | $4,796 | 0% |
| Blair Palmer | $9,522 | $4,403 | -53.8% |
| David R. Jensen | $7,727 | $4,267 | -44.8% |
| Delmar and Beatrice Clark Family Trust | $4,190 | $4,190 | 0% |
| Firth Cattle Company, Inc. | $47,767 | $4,162 | -91.3% |
| Olin A. Hannum | $15,157 | $4,073 | -73.1% |
| Alder Properties LC | $3,447 | $4,056 | 17.7% |
| Seth Briggs | $4,045 | $3,993 | -1.3% |
| Violet Ann Briggs | $3,936 | $3,936 | 0% |
| Beau D. Smith | $3,830 | $3,917 | 2.3% |
| Thayne Daniels | $11,882 | $3,768 | -68.3% |
| Zachary H. Beutler | $13,388 | $3,756 | -71.9% |
| Travis J. Palmer | $21,132 | $3,693 | -82.5% |
| Diane J. Andersen | $1,668 | $3,682 | 120.7% |
| Casey Owen Jones | $5,234 | $3,654 | -30.2% |
| Paul E. Tubbs | $11,749 | $3,638 | -69% |
| Stanley K. Jensen | $6,289 | $3,541 | -43.7% |
| Shauna Michele Nalder | $4,879 | $3,269 | -33% |
| Double D Farms, LLC | $4,539 | $3,214 | -29.2% |
| Danny T. Hess | $6,339 | $3,101 | -51.1% |
| Rodney K. Moon | $5,821 | $3,059 | -47.4% |
| Joe Burrie | $4,432 | $2,973 | -32.9% |
| Donald W. Evans | $3,099 | $2,944 | -5% |
| Pat & Parley Davis Living Trust | $3,402 | $2,816 | -17.2% |
| Clark S-4 Ranch | $15,617 | $2,785 | -82.2% |
| Kelly Daniels | $15,578 | $2,731 | -82.5% |
| Shane L. Howard | $5,200 | $2,691 | -48.3% |
| Sheldon P. Vaughan | $10,111 | $2,690 | -73.4% |
| Samuel Tracey Davis | $7,251 | $2,676 | -63.1% |
| Steven H. Stayner | $3,629 | $2,583 | -28.8% |
| Albert M. Shepherd | $3,555 | $2,481 | -30.2% |
| Doyle C. Waldron | $10,349 | $2,438 | -76.4% |
| Luke D. Waldron | $12,913 | $2,425 | -81.2% |
| Shellee S. Daniels | $6,569 | $2,367 | -64% |
| Scott D. Blaisdell | $8,539 | $2,275 | -73.4% |
| Arne A. Jones | $8,751 | $2,196 | -74.9% |
| Mark Ipsen | $21,074 | $2,028 | -90.4% |
| Larry C. John | $2,909 | $1,906 | -34.5% |
| Horseshoe a, Inc. | $10,594 | $1,859 | -82.5% |
| Jvlde Trust | $5,910 | $1,839 | -68.9% |
| Terry Davis | $6,413 | $1,816 | -71.7% |
| Kyle Robert Phillips | $655 | $1,806 | 175.7% |
| Clyde L. Williams | $6,468 | $1,733 | -73.2% |
| Krystal L. Bates | $3,596 | $1,715 | -52.3% |
| David J. Baker | $3,628 | $1,703 | -53.1% |
| Semrad Bros & Sons, Inc. | $4,880 | $1,692 | -65.3% |
| Elaine M. Bohn | $3,281 | $1,414 | -56.9% |
| Dan C. Coleman | $2,728 | $1,327 | -51.4% |
| Parker Venable | $741 | $1,306 | 76.2% |
| Keith D. Blaisdell | $7,842 | $1,240 | -84.2% |
| Bryan N. Vanbebber | $2,619 | $1,204 | -54% |
| RDA Farms, LLC | $2,236 | $1,198 | -46.4% |
| Herbert B. Hess | $0 | $1,188 | -- |
| John V. Christophersen | $5,473 | $1,165 | -78.7% |
| Daniel C. Evans | $6,856 | $1,162 | -83.1% |
| Bill Weeks | $6,841 | $1,145 | -83.3% |
| Gary A. Jones | $2,142 | $1,131 | -47.2% |
| Don W. Tubbs | $1,298 | $1,090 | -16% |
| Ball Brothers Properties, LLC | $1,204 | $1,066 | -11.5% |
| Delon L. Atkinson | $1,825 | $1,059 | -42% |
| Alden N. Neal | $3,982 | $1,054 | -73.5% |
| Harry C. Sherman | $3,259 | $1,023 | -68.6% |
| Denver Sweeten | $1,883 | $963 | -48.9% |
| David H. Gilgen | $830 | $830 | 0% |
| Kenneth G. Timothy | $2,761 | $828 | -70% |
| Palmer Ranch, LLC | $7,755 | $822 | -89.4% |
| Douglas Atkinson | $1,947 | $809 | -58.4% |
| Lex C. Firth | $0 | $778 | -- |
| Kent M Virginia Trust | $767 | $767 | 0% |
| Clinton John | $3,608 | $745 | -79.4% |
| Austin L. Hubbard | $0 | $734 | -- |
| Eva Lou Nielsen | $686 | $732 | 6.7% |
| St. John Irrigating Company | $707 | $707 | 0% |
| Taylor J. Bowen | $3,666 | $707 | -80.7% |
| Mckade K Nielsen | $1,716 | $692 | -59.7% |
| Alice M. Thomas | $1,375 | $663 | -51.8% |
| Blair D. Higley | $3,234 | $588 | -81.8% |
| Michael Asay Farm, Inc. | $7,098 | $582 | -91.8% |
| Wendy S. Scalise | $1,308 | $573 | -56.2% |
| John R. Wolf | $1,093 | $549 | -49.8% |
| Ronnie R. Gamble | $1,009 | $504 | -50% |
| Kent D. Smith | $355 | $474 | 33.5% |
| Darhl Hughes | $1,211 | $457 | -62.3% |
| Tom Lon Williams | $1,804 | $446 | -75.3% |
| David E. Farrer | $898 | $445 | -50.4% |
| Eugene D. Edwards | $360 | $421 | 16.9% |
| Jeffrey Francom | $0 | $392 | -- |
| Dean Blaisdell | $1,694 | $350 | -79.3% |
| Ted L. Williams | $1,540 | $335 | -78.2% |
| Kenneth D. Moss Jr. | $536 | $289 | -46.1% |
| Michael Ard | $482 | $248 | -48.5% |
| Danny Couch | $467 | $241 | -48.4% |
| Cutler S. Sweeten | $869 | $224 | -74.2% |
| Steven J. Timmerman | $46,848 | $220 | -99.5% |
| Jaycee R. Sweeten | $814 | $216 | -73.5% |
| Heber E. Bott | $2,075 | $200 | -90.4% |
| Rodney J. Jones | $451 | $195 | -56.8% |
| Vern Bastian | $305 | $168 | -44.9% |
| Spero Barbos | $261 | $137 | -47.5% |
| Robert S. Phillips | $363 | $128 | -64.7% |
| Sondra Ekstrom | $223 | $115 | -48.4% |
| Michael V. Semrad | $169 | $99 | -41.4% |
| Brad R. Warren | $180 | $97 | -46.1% |
| Randy Gamble | $153 | $89 | -41.8% |
| Cathy Rae Asay | $160 | $88 | -45% |
| Darin Daniels | $149 | $87 | -41.6% |
| Don Daniels | $149 | $87 | -41.6% |
| Vickie Ingram | $148 | $87 | -41.2% |
| Peggy Kunz | $117 | $69 | -41% |
| Sid Lewis | $0 | $32 | -- |
| Leigh Love | $53 | $29 | -45.3% |
| Camille L. Schow | $49 | $27 | -44.9% |
| Andrew R. Bybee | $11,829 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonita Lee Howard | $2,964 | $0 | -100% |
| Burrie Jay & Viva Joint Trust | $4,288 | $0 | -100% |
| Chambers L Revere Trust | $139 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale and Carol Daniels Trust | $2,242 | $0 | -100% |
| Dan K. Bastian | $545 | $0 | -100% |
| Double Hat, LLC | $5,623 | $0 | -100% |
| Emo Lou Parry | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Myatt | $3,638 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Vanbebber | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Lamonte Thomas | $9,184 | $0 | -100% |
| Leann Moore | $145 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie W. Benjamin | $1,484 | $0 | -100% |
| Mcclellan a Ray & Sharon Family Trust | $10,324 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Williams | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Nielsen Darlene Trust | $6,789 | $0 | -100% |
| Rindlisbacher Chad Trust | $3,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandridge Farms and Services, LLC | $311 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott J. Clark | $3,449 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheldon Rex Jensen | $3,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Ten Mile Holdings, LLC | $4,284 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Ekstrom | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Verlin Williams | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Neil W. Jensen | $9,509 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,447,069 | $2,555,572 | -42.5% |
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