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In 2021, 228 farmers in cities within Rock County received a total of $4.9 million in 533 farm subsidies, a 69% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15.6 million in 1,104 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 Rock County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| G & a Farms, Inc. | $929,073 | $263,590 | -71.6% |
| Lass Farms, Inc. | $243,824 | $206,831 | -15.2% |
| Dallas Knobloch | $479,254 | $148,861 | -68.9% |
| Todd Matus | $224,697 | $134,869 | -40% |
| Rentschler Farms, Inc. | $152,132 | $113,295 | -25.5% |
| Craig Rollag | $291,434 | $101,205 | -65.3% |
| Henrietta Bos | $149,043 | $96,298 | -35.4% |
| John H. Teune | $114,106 | $91,815 | -19.5% |
| Brian L. Bergman | $347,472 | $87,799 | -74.7% |
| Bank Partnership | $304,717 | $87,017 | -71.4% |
| Karmar Farms, Ltd. | $229,202 | $86,526 | -62.2% |
| Sterling Severtson | $148,095 | $80,839 | -45.4% |
| Larry Top | $290,698 | $80,281 | -72.4% |
| David A. Tilstra | $388,016 | $77,289 | -80.1% |
| Alon R. Hemme | $74,601 | $74,135 | -0.6% |
| Bar C Farms, Ltd. | $235,410 | $72,345 | -69.3% |
| Riverside Stock Farms, Inc. | $228,715 | $70,672 | -69.1% |
| Van Ruler Farms, Inc. | $231,660 | $69,180 | -70.1% |
| Bradley Eugene Petersen | $94,966 | $64,245 | -32.3% |
| Rollag Farms, Inc. | $110,350 | $64,038 | -42% |
| Tom R. Brockberg | $195,911 | $63,818 | -67.4% |
| Willers Farms, Inc. | $208,080 | $61,753 | -70.3% |
| Tami J. Bergman | $202,524 | $61,266 | -69.7% |
| Van Wyhe Farms | $200,260 | $60,986 | -69.5% |
| Randy Baker | $178,199 | $54,627 | -69.3% |
| Tim Benson | $190,705 | $53,222 | -72.1% |
| Arlyn G. Vandekamp | $157,838 | $51,241 | -67.5% |
| Walnut Grove, Ltd. | $237,795 | $50,529 | -78.8% |
| Alan Baker-Alan D Baker Revocable Trust | $145,578 | $48,615 | -66.6% |
| Bradley J. van de Berg | $231,685 | $48,197 | -79.2% |
| Ronald Gene Christians | $146,484 | $46,423 | -68.3% |
| Josh Rheault | $120,139 | $46,020 | -61.7% |
| Landrover, Ltd. | $135,465 | $43,873 | -67.6% |
| Kraig E. Rust | $121,565 | $43,215 | -64.5% |
| Nuffer Farms, Inc. | $156,196 | $42,786 | -72.6% |
| Michael Ray Hunstad | $105,621 | $39,617 | -62.5% |
| Orlie Aukes | $119,567 | $38,504 | -67.8% |
| David Spykerboer | $346,707 | $38,465 | -88.9% |
| Danny Roskamp | $122,852 | $37,067 | -69.8% |
| Steven Knips | $397,721 | $36,825 | -90.7% |
| Barry J. Kracht | $542,306 | $36,094 | -93.3% |
| Harold Ver Steeg | $99,672 | $35,829 | -64.1% |
| Dennis Boeve | $104,142 | $35,110 | -66.3% |
| Gerrit Sandbulte | $101,657 | $33,893 | -66.7% |
| Mark A. Willers | $94,112 | $33,637 | -64.3% |
| Curtis Sandbulte | $127,199 | $33,447 | -73.7% |
| Norman Sjaarda | $55,987 | $32,519 | -41.9% |
| Leroy Tweet | $87,168 | $31,587 | -63.8% |
| Timothy D. Bosch | $113,830 | $31,205 | -72.6% |
| Lowell Bonnema | $150,961 | $30,649 | -79.7% |
| Harlin G. Rozeboom | $93,270 | $29,527 | -68.3% |
| Brent Hulstein | $91,166 | $28,453 | -68.8% |
| Dan Niemeyer | $87,766 | $27,107 | -69.1% |
| Aaron Sandbulte | $93,614 | $26,546 | -71.6% |
| Roger J. Hoff | $84,260 | $25,643 | -69.6% |
| Silas J. Top | $10,552 | $22,988 | 117.9% |
| Wessels Family Limited Partnership | $20,964 | $22,907 | 9.3% |
| Mark Nelson | $26,689 | $22,891 | -14.2% |
| Lucas Sandager | $38,542 | $22,032 | -42.8% |
| TNT Farms, LLC | $317,011 | $21,984 | -93.1% |
| Harley Fransman | $77,230 | $21,868 | -71.7% |
| Steve Bennett | $47,207 | $21,546 | -54.4% |
| Doug Boeve | $64,881 | $21,094 | -67.5% |
| Michael R. Sandbulte | $67,648 | $20,612 | -69.5% |
| Todd van Belle | $58,181 | $20,508 | -64.8% |
| Jason van Belle | $56,523 | $20,452 | -63.8% |
| Timothy J. Loger | $61,461 | $20,311 | -67% |
| Blake J. Crawford | $77,204 | $20,268 | -73.7% |
| Eric Jon Kooistra | $36,879 | $20,065 | -45.6% |
| Aaron M. Erickson | $25,087 | $19,993 | -20.3% |
| Stanley Schouwenburg | $57,471 | $19,888 | -65.4% |
| Roger Olson | $38,737 | $19,079 | -50.7% |
| Michael Gehrke | $21,701 | $18,219 | -16% |
| Verlyn J. Brands | $57,449 | $18,133 | -68.4% |
| Burdette Braun | $58,678 | $17,674 | -69.9% |
| Dennis Erickson | $26,342 | $17,670 | -32.9% |
| Mandel Scot Zwaan | $45,003 | $17,548 | -61% |
| Allen Boeve | $39,836 | $17,402 | -56.3% |
| Arlyn Tilstra | $57,915 | $17,199 | -70.3% |
| Eileen J. Hemme | $18,859 | $17,182 | -8.9% |
| Prairie Trail Farms, Ltd. | $97,544 | $17,025 | -82.5% |
| Brett Wittry | $21,566 | $16,230 | -24.7% |
| Larry G. Vandyke | $61,603 | $15,953 | -74.1% |
| David Hoogland | $26,497 | $15,761 | -40.5% |
| Borderview Farm, Inc. | $99,502 | $15,597 | -84.3% |
| Matthew Fodness | $32,257 | $15,462 | -52.1% |
| Nicholas E. Sjaarda | $112,190 | $15,403 | -86.3% |
| S & K Farms, LLP | $94,302 | $15,250 | -83.8% |
| Allen Fick | $85,091 | $15,049 | -82.3% |
| Robert D. Carlson | $49,438 | $14,701 | -70.3% |
| Roger Brockberg | $69,384 | $14,673 | -78.9% |
| Randy Fick | $71,032 | $14,600 | -79.4% |
| David Lorenzen | $12,203 | $14,574 | 19.4% |
| Michael Halverson | $36,563 | $14,163 | -61.3% |
| Shane R Hubbling | $45,956 | $14,078 | -69.4% |
| Jason Johnson | $52,526 | $13,949 | -73.4% |
| Dylan Bosch | $36,218 | $13,469 | -62.8% |
| Collin John Leuthold | $46,929 | $13,388 | -71.5% |
| Marlin Fick | $74,578 | $12,909 | -82.7% |
| Daniel C. Fick | $85,352 | $12,696 | -85.1% |
| David Leenderts | $43,208 | $12,591 | -70.9% |
| Roy Moeller | $12,982 | $12,291 | -5.3% |
| Kenneth Hoime | $36,339 | $12,291 | -66.2% |
| Everett J Vande Voort | $31,245 | $12,174 | -61% |
| A & L Farms, Ltd. | $34,335 | $12,118 | -64.7% |
| John Cody Hemme | $38,901 | $11,862 | -69.5% |
| Ronald Hup | $7,062 | $11,636 | 64.8% |
| Leuthold's Evergreen Farms, Ltd. | $33,551 | $11,335 | -66.2% |
| David Esselink | $82,667 | $11,255 | -86.4% |
| Arlyn J. Sneller | $62,464 | $11,078 | -82.3% |
| Scott Ehde | $39,488 | $10,915 | -72.4% |
| Connor Severtson | $12,868 | $10,793 | -16.1% |
| Leonard Leenderts | $41,657 | $10,483 | -74.8% |
| Nathan R. Lynn | $42,464 | $10,035 | -76.4% |
| Keith Bosch | $58,744 | $9,748 | -83.4% |
| Mark Owen Kooistra | $25,995 | $9,491 | -63.5% |
| Alan Fransman | $33,061 | $9,232 | -72.1% |
| Dennis & Mary Lou Baker Living Trust | $25,382 | $9,193 | -63.8% |
| Hal Paulson | $20,145 | $9,190 | -54.4% |
| David Swanson | $16,289 | $9,184 | -43.6% |
| Thomas M. Knips | $9,088 | $8,872 | -2.4% |
| Ken Bos | $28,188 | $8,685 | -69.2% |
| Gary Fodness | $27,247 | $8,614 | -68.4% |
| Gawaine L Diekevers | $24,799 | $8,416 | -66.1% |
| Robert Charles Sandager | $0 | $8,108 | -- |
| Gerald E. Sandbulte | $48,500 | $7,824 | -83.9% |
| Darwin D. Hoeck | $16,204 | $7,559 | -53.4% |
| Sells Farms, Ltd. | $30,524 | $7,337 | -76% |
| James Moser | $55,019 | $7,114 | -87.1% |
| Harlan Stueven | $5,485 | $7,052 | 28.6% |
| Krull Farm, Inc. | $18,667 | $7,035 | -62.3% |
| Paul Tweet | $26,892 | $7,022 | -73.9% |
| Howard Van Wyhe | $14,692 | $6,978 | -52.5% |
| Tony Van Grootheest | $29,835 | $6,866 | -77% |
| Highmark Farms, Inc. | $38,382 | $6,792 | -82.3% |
| Nathan P. Fick | $16,902 | $6,750 | -60.1% |
| Dale E. Bosch | $25,653 | $6,661 | -74% |
| Burdell D. Willers | $20,315 | $6,451 | -68.2% |
| Eric Fick | $24,326 | $6,419 | -73.6% |
| Harold Fick | $24,326 | $6,419 | -73.6% |
| Robert E. Kunkel | $23,507 | $6,231 | -73.5% |
| Loren Ask | $16,433 | $5,970 | -63.7% |
| David Petersen | $29,408 | $5,795 | -80.3% |
| Don Arends | $39,629 | $5,627 | -85.8% |
| Gary Knips | $30,011 | $5,613 | -81.3% |
| Nathan Siebenahler | $19,818 | $5,608 | -71.7% |
| William Spieker | $7,671 | $5,476 | -28.6% |
| Bruce Fodness | $16,871 | $5,431 | -67.8% |
| David Wessels | $22,481 | $4,928 | -78.1% |
| Brian L. Aukes | $15,771 | $4,907 | -68.9% |
| Timothy Joel Bos | $14,673 | $4,869 | -66.8% |
| Michael Dean Bos | $14,673 | $4,869 | -66.8% |
| Larry Bosch | $45,904 | $4,744 | -89.7% |
| Burdell Jansma | $15,999 | $4,595 | -71.3% |
| Steve Vis | $10,734 | $4,395 | -59.1% |
| Wayne Hartz | $0 | $4,367 | -- |
| Dennis J. Pick | $24,572 | $3,970 | -83.8% |
| Justin P. Decker | $12,436 | $3,859 | -69% |
| Clair Crawford | $15,481 | $3,690 | -76.2% |
| Shain Tyler Fluit | $15,793 | $3,652 | -76.9% |
| WW Farms, LLC | $8,352 | $3,544 | -57.6% |
| Halden Wayne Van Wyhe | $8,731 | $3,409 | -61% |
| Delores Kindt | $0 | $3,032 | -- |
| Keith Etrheim | $15,984 | $2,923 | -81.7% |
| Stegemann Family Revocable Living Trust | $6,815 | $2,878 | -57.8% |
| Herman Buys | $4,497 | $2,875 | -36.1% |
| Terry Sandstede | $5,693 | $2,743 | -51.8% |
| Nicholas Scott Sandager | $2,697 | $2,691 | -0.2% |
| Gary Aukes | $15,319 | $2,685 | -82.5% |
| Robert de Noble | $1,453 | $2,661 | 83.1% |
| Eric G Uittenbogaard | $13,769 | $2,588 | -81.2% |
| David Anderson | $2,581 | $2,581 | 0% |
| Dennis Baker | $2,430 | $2,430 | 0% |
| Cheryl Willers | $5,720 | $2,424 | -57.6% |
| Brandon Douglas Boeve | $8,454 | $2,152 | -74.5% |
| Ron Bos | $9,509 | $2,113 | -77.8% |
| Ian Sandager | $1,785 | $1,890 | 5.9% |
| Cole Hoogland | $8,804 | $1,857 | -78.9% |
| Don Bork-Don R Bork Living Trust | $7,777 | $1,809 | -76.7% |
| Robert Walraven | $0 | $1,802 | -- |
| David Willers | $9,446 | $1,800 | -80.9% |
| James Michael Byrne | $1,635 | $1,786 | 9.2% |
| Shirley Thooft | $1,458 | $1,742 | 19.5% |
| Tedd Larson | $4,735 | $1,704 | -64% |
| Mark Tweet | $7,424 | $1,675 | -77.4% |
| Marlin de Noble | $3,947 | $1,666 | -57.8% |
| Nicole J. Woodley | $3,559 | $1,632 | -54.1% |
| Lynn Petersen | $4,372 | $1,575 | -64% |
| Steve Wiertzema | $1,355 | $1,355 | 0% |
| Charla E. Sandbulte | $7,019 | $1,337 | -81% |
| Touch the SKY Cattle Company, LLC | $20,845 | $1,330 | -93.6% |
| Marinus Klarenbeek & Mildred Klarenbeek Living Trust | $1,299 | $1,299 | 0% |
| Keith Hoven | $6,291 | $1,134 | -82% |
| Ronald J. Bird | $3,991 | $1,116 | -72% |
| Dale E. Sandbulte | $27,893 | $1,032 | -96.3% |
| Greg Newman | $0 | $990 | -- |
| Dale Matus | $4,964 | $987 | -80.1% |
| Mitchell Alan Leuthold | $7,690 | $973 | -87.3% |
| Lyle Olson | $4,886 | $825 | -83.1% |
| Jerome Willers | $5,213 | $768 | -85.3% |
| Delwyn Walraven | $1,072 | $730 | -31.9% |
| Kathryn a Erickson Trust | $1,318 | $717 | -45.6% |
| Ryan Michael Hoff | $4,710 | $711 | -84.9% |
| Irwin Rozeboom | $1,698 | $587 | -65.4% |
| Kent Heronimus | $843 | $585 | -30.6% |
| Andrew Schiphoff and Ruth Mae Schiphoff IRR Trustee | $555 | $555 | 0% |
| Marvin Tofteland | $542 | $542 | 0% |
| Warren Olson | $3,428 | $537 | -84.3% |
| Steve Vanderbrink | $2,172 | $502 | -76.9% |
| Wendell O Erickson Trust | $1,174 | $425 | -63.8% |
| Pat Ausen | $1,553 | $337 | -78.3% |
| Matthew Boeve | $0 | $319 | -- |
| Andrea Melinda Severtson | $3,145 | $313 | -90% |
| Lloyd Hemme | $2,555 | $300 | -88.3% |
| Allen Nuffer | $230 | $287 | 24.8% |
| Arlene Rollag Trust | $0 | $278 | -- |
| Joyce C. Sells | $270 | $270 | 0% |
| Brad Bos | $0 | $270 | -- |
| Shea Klooster | $5,020 | $267 | -94.7% |
| Diana Schwartz | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Vicki J. Bos | $505 | $243 | -51.9% |
| Alaina Rae Bruesch | $3,332 | $222 | -93.3% |
| Shawn P. Blom | $5,204 | $183 | -96.5% |
| Vernon E. Christiansen | $0 | $124 | -- |
| Ned Weitgenant | $111 | $111 | 0% |
| Ted Berghorst | $0 | $105 | -- |
| Larry Gene Tweet Estate | $55 | $70 | 27.3% |
| Bacon Maker Farm, Ltd. | $168 | $66 | -60.7% |
| Gregory Allen Fick | $1,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Ira Crawford Estate, Inc. | $942 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan John Paulsen | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell de Noble | $1,453 | $0 | -100% |
| Drew Alan Spykerboer | $29,535 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric C. Hoyme | $46,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred L. Elbert | $56,122 | $0 | -100% |
| Hills Beaver Creek ISD 671 | $2,017 | $0 | -100% |
| Hoyme Farms, Inc. | $85,525 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie Walraven Living Trust | $6,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Tweet | $159 | $0 | -100% |
| Bosch Family Farm Partnership | $559 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Fagerness | $1,942 | $0 | -100% |
| Derek Spykerboer | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $15,642,772 | $4,854,062 | -69% |
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