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In 2021, 294 farmers in cities within Kootenai County received a total of $2.8 million in 543 farm subsidies, a 12.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.2 million in 689 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.
Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
---|---|---|---|
Freeburg Farms, Inc. | $122,701 | $150,078 | 22.3% |
Drechsel Brothers | $97,978 | $136,364 | 39.2% |
Roecks Farms, Inc. | $44,402 | $128,467 | 189.3% |
Mittelstaedt Farms, Inc. | $5,063 | $103,103 | 1,936.4% |
Boyce, Inc. | $0 | $99,688 | -- |
David Duncan | $142,177 | $86,937 | -38.9% |
Millhorn Farm, Inc. | $147,933 | $81,169 | -45.1% |
Kyle E. Duncan | $83,185 | $65,384 | -21.4% |
Lampert Farm and Ranch, Inc. | $50,605 | $59,493 | 17.6% |
Durette Construction Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Mendenhall Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Abram Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Howerton Bros, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Lake City Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Mason Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Feenyx, Inc. | $0 | $45,015 | -- |
Toby's Timber Harvesting, Inc. | $0 | $44,410 | -- |
Rob Lunceford | $37,992 | $40,448 | 6.5% |
Otto Kacso | $48,701 | $40,343 | -17.2% |
Ron Kuhlman Logging | $0 | $39,906 | -- |
Nathan Allen Schumacher | $81,728 | $37,719 | -53.8% |
Mary W. Reber | $41,062 | $36,757 | -10.5% |
Traci Ann Kacso | $36,213 | $36,213 | 0% |
Darin Jenneskens | $44,100 | $33,084 | -25% |
Nancy Henley | $32,479 | $31,221 | -3.9% |
Conrad Underdahl | $30,426 | $30,426 | 0% |
Stephen Michael MC Coy Trust | $29,952 | $29,952 | 0% |
Randy Henley | $32,479 | $29,533 | -9.1% |
John David Hester | $0 | $29,503 | -- |
Larry H. McIntosh | $28,862 | $28,862 | 0% |
Jeff Bloomsburg | $35,022 | $24,787 | -29.2% |
Catherine J. Morris | $20,827 | $22,243 | 6.8% |
Fat Bastard Hay Company, LLC | $0 | $20,754 | -- |
Keno Family, LLC | $15,411 | $20,348 | 32% |
Rock Creek Land Company | $37,605 | $20,267 | -46.1% |
Jeremy D Tiller | $0 | $19,935 | -- |
Wade Pankratz Trucking | $0 | $18,817 | -- |
Irene E. Snow | $12,675 | $18,809 | 48.4% |
Terry Nichols | $89,484 | $18,153 | -79.7% |
Terrel K. Baune | $18,227 | $17,954 | -1.5% |
Anderson Land Company | $15,605 | $17,745 | 13.7% |
Frank C Tubbs Family Trust | $14,936 | $17,610 | 17.9% |
Hmillhorn, LLC | $17,042 | $17,042 | 0% |
Satchwell Farms, Inc. | $23,463 | $15,915 | -32.2% |
B of Robert & Page Lee Family Trust | $0 | $14,878 | -- |
Larry Howell Sr. | $18,357 | $13,564 | -26.1% |
Lampert Land Company, LLC | $11,510 | $13,370 | 16.2% |
Snow Family Farms | $10,340 | $12,835 | 24.1% |
Georgie A. Simonsen | $12,547 | $12,547 | 0% |
Thomas R. Rohde | $13,948 | $12,543 | -10.1% |
Joe C Bloomsburg | $11,195 | $12,310 | 10% |
Gale E. Salo | $12,160 | $12,260 | 0.8% |
John L Habberstad | $11,112 | $12,078 | 8.7% |
Skyler Smick | $19,304 | $11,811 | -38.8% |
Melville Acres, Inc. | $19,745 | $11,041 | -44.1% |
Holt Land & Livestock, LLC | $2,483 | $10,791 | 334.6% |
Leo J. Becht | $10,545 | $10,545 | 0% |
Mearl Holland Family Legacy, LLP | $0 | $10,472 | -- |
William R. Snyder | $50,578 | $10,280 | -79.7% |
John Schultz | $4,515 | $10,123 | 124.2% |
Dale Keno | $9,275 | $9,828 | 6% |
Natalie Althen | $9,202 | $8,978 | -2.4% |
Phillip C. Althen | $9,202 | $8,978 | -2.4% |
David M. Tenneson | $4,597 | $8,693 | 89.1% |
Beverly Townsend | $9,221 | $8,641 | -6.3% |
Perry Blankenship | $8,541 | $8,489 | -0.6% |
F & G Timberlands, LLC | $8,469 | $8,469 | 0% |
Corey Trust Dated September 19, 1997 | $0 | $8,440 | -- |
K and B Hay, Inc. | $12,665 | $8,338 | -34.2% |
John Burton | $6,834 | $7,976 | 16.7% |
Owen L Raine Trust 1 | $15,201 | $7,923 | -47.9% |
Luther Roecks | $3,846 | $7,909 | 105.6% |
Miller Farms, LLC | $25,676 | $7,863 | -69.4% |
DR WM G Tarnasky | $13,540 | $7,530 | -44.4% |
Jugernaut, LLC | $0 | $7,312 | -- |
WJH Farms, LLC | $11,653 | $7,097 | -39.1% |
Judy Ottosen | $7,841 | $7,052 | -10.1% |
Freeman Heirs, GP | $11,862 | $6,874 | -42.1% |
Gordon Sylte | $8,404 | $6,801 | -19.1% |
The Hay Company, LLC | $12,373 | $6,634 | -46.4% |
Scarcello Bros Land & Livestock | $9,005 | $6,353 | -29.5% |
Ballet Ranch, LLC | $12,440 | $6,196 | -50.2% |
Randy S. Holt | $13,422 | $6,179 | -54% |
C&L Hay, LLC | $4,706 | $6,088 | 29.4% |
Jerald Allen Cline | $10,624 | $6,048 | -43.1% |
JNS Ranch Company, LLC | $24,706 | $6,034 | -75.6% |
Triple Tee Family Partnership | $6,561 | $5,984 | -8.8% |
J Austa Freeman Trust | $10,867 | $5,956 | -45.2% |
Donna Hunt | $32,402 | $5,853 | -81.9% |
Fitting-Taylor Farm, LLC | $2,903 | $5,780 | 99.1% |
White Dove Enterprises | $5,739 | $5,637 | -1.8% |
Oscar Ned Mooney | $5,343 | $5,632 | 5.4% |
LPT Farms, LLC | $9,262 | $5,476 | -40.9% |
Steve Parmelee | $5,394 | $5,394 | 0% |
Haeg Farms, LLC | $5,368 | $5,269 | -1.8% |
Glenn Miles | $5,176 | $5,216 | 0.8% |
Teresa Golden | $5,515 | $5,164 | -6.4% |
Kootenai Land and Cattle, LLC | $0 | $5,152 | -- |
Fabricius Farms | $4,374 | $5,010 | 14.5% |
Yellow Brick Group, LLC | $4,976 | $4,976 | 0% |
China Peak Ranch | $4,797 | $4,797 | 0% |
Cavebay Farms, LLC | $6,136 | $4,789 | -22% |
Goldie a Conklin Testamentary Trust | $0 | $4,672 | -- |
Jerald Jeff Westberg | $4,624 | $4,624 | 0% |
Wade G. McLean | $21,937 | $4,608 | -79% |
Donald E Hudson Trust | $9,149 | $4,574 | -50% |
Scott Hudson | $25,269 | $4,574 | -81.9% |
FKH, LLC | $10,156 | $4,557 | -55.1% |
Darlene Shriner Living Trust | $4,518 | $4,518 | 0% |
Fred James Mooney | $7,435 | $4,455 | -40.1% |
Tubbs Ranch, Inc. | $5,550 | $4,440 | -20% |
Donald Maymon Revocable Trust | $4,340 | $4,340 | 0% |
Anthony J. Fettkether | $4,268 | $4,268 | 0% |
Betty Mobbs | $5,211 | $4,156 | -20.2% |
Powell Latah Farms, LLC | $5,897 | $4,102 | -30.4% |
Edward Joy | $4,773 | $4,008 | -16% |
Linda Joy | $4,773 | $4,008 | -16% |
Michael Weller | $0 | $3,825 | -- |
John R. Rasmussen | $5,399 | $3,813 | -29.4% |
Suzan Heaton | $5,232 | $3,790 | -27.6% |
Cynthia Froehlich | $0 | $3,591 | -- |
Anita Hager | $3,373 | $3,568 | 5.8% |
Virginia Tubbs L. Tr | $7,513 | $3,478 | -53.7% |
Tom Christensen | $4,247 | $3,457 | -18.6% |
Carol Wilson | $2,256 | $3,371 | 49.4% |
Larry Mundt | $4,836 | $3,310 | -31.6% |
Suko Farms, LLC | $33,971 | $3,300 | -90.3% |
MFI Custom, LLC | $15,054 | $3,275 | -78.2% |
Rocking R Cattle Company | $23,648 | $3,204 | -86.5% |
Shirley Anderson | $3,696 | $3,168 | -14.3% |
Lampert Brothers | $2,213 | $3,051 | 37.9% |
James Preston | $3,122 | $3,004 | -3.8% |
Michael Shaw | $3,241 | $2,942 | -9.2% |
Richard Carlos Freeman Liv Trustee, M.D. | $5,058 | $2,930 | -42.1% |
Clarkston Development Company | $5,696 | $2,841 | -50.1% |
R W Dennler Trust | $7,808 | $2,724 | -65.1% |
Pauline Keno Disclaimer Trust | $2,809 | $2,679 | -4.6% |
Glock Ranch, LLC | $11,894 | $2,630 | -77.9% |
Meadows at DRY Creek, LLC | $4,292 | $2,576 | -40% |
Brent Schierman | $4,624 | $2,542 | -45% |
Lucy Verharen | $2,568 | $2,467 | -3.9% |
Prairie Mountain, LLC | $5,468 | $2,444 | -55.3% |
Donald E. Burton | $7,425 | $2,334 | -68.6% |
Goetzman Farm, LLC | $4,088 | $2,326 | -43.1% |
Deborah A. Mitchell | $2,323 | $2,301 | -0.9% |
Wm B. Harrison | $2,278 | $2,278 | 0% |
Marta J Secrist Separate Property Liv Trustee | $4,700 | $2,268 | -51.7% |
5 S Partnership | $28,008 | $2,170 | -92.3% |
B&B Trust | $800 | $2,147 | 168.4% |
Teddy J. Conger | $3,450 | $2,126 | -38.4% |
Chris Kraft | $1,917 | $2,052 | 7% |
Monica Graybeal | $3,401 | $1,917 | -43.6% |
Rose Creek Farms | $2,559 | $1,839 | -28.1% |
Big Oak Family Farm | $3,718 | $1,759 | -52.7% |
Bruce R. McGovern | $1,711 | $1,711 | 0% |
Bonnie Foster | $3,980 | $1,707 | -57.1% |
Karen A. Miller | $2,473 | $1,648 | -33.4% |
Vernon H Henderson-Henderson Famly Trust | $0 | $1,639 | -- |
Kevin Schmidt | $0 | $1,634 | -- |
Zachary Kuberski | $1,139 | $1,629 | 43% |
Patricia A. Mitton | $286 | $1,552 | 442.7% |
Narda Anthony | $0 | $1,545 | -- |
Dawn Tubbs | $3,550 | $1,510 | -57.5% |
Kelly Tubbs | $3,610 | $1,510 | -58.2% |
Chance Lyster | $6,533 | $1,497 | -77.1% |
Kathleen Ann Knudsen-Brown | $2,901 | $1,480 | -49% |
Dan Bauer | $1,193 | $1,477 | 23.8% |
Tammi Lyn Kerr | $3,754 | $1,444 | -61.5% |
Carolyn Cooper | $1,312 | $1,412 | 7.6% |
Raymond J Cummings Living Trust U/A 10/12/11 | $0 | $1,396 | -- |
Caleb Thurman | $0 | $1,385 | -- |
Joyce Patton | $3,752 | $1,354 | -63.9% |
David J. Banks | $1,937 | $1,351 | -30.3% |
Patty Lindsey | $1,771 | $1,327 | -25.1% |
Robert E. Rider | $5,478 | $1,310 | -76.1% |
Verland Woempner | $1,219 | $1,295 | 6.2% |
Don & Deanna Pearson Rev Trust | $2,914 | $1,277 | -56.2% |
Keri Hutchins | $1,680 | $1,266 | -24.6% |
John Mobbs | $2,385 | $1,262 | -47.1% |
Robert L Bean RLT Robert L Bean | $2,733 | $1,242 | -54.6% |
Knott Farms Jr., LLC | $7,410 | $1,238 | -83.3% |
Richard Skinner | $2,046 | $1,232 | -39.8% |
Laura L. Green | $3,236 | $1,231 | -62% |
Gordon Haines | $1,225 | $1,225 | 0% |
Alexandria Marienau | $1,188 | $1,188 | 0% |
Mindy Bowmer | $1,188 | $1,188 | 0% |
Wade Wolcott | $1,552 | $1,186 | -23.6% |
Timothy L. Martin | $1,880 | $1,173 | -37.6% |
Ed Schneider | $1,153 | $1,153 | 0% |
Michael E. Tracey | $1,144 | $1,144 | 0% |
Sue Darcy Hutter | $1,393 | $1,136 | -18.4% |
Rick Darcy | $1,393 | $1,136 | -18.4% |
Edward Mael | $1,650 | $1,119 | -32.2% |
Eugene Shaparenko | $4,857 | $1,105 | -77.2% |
New Frontiers Investments, LLC | $2,082 | $1,068 | -48.7% |
Harry R. Fargo | $1,810 | $1,047 | -42.2% |
Bush Family, LLC | $1,013 | $1,013 | 0% |
Kristina Duncan | $650 | $1,007 | 54.9% |
Joanne R Nixon Estate | $2,494 | $998 | -60% |
Allyn Kerr | $2,185 | $970 | -55.6% |
Howard D. Bronson | $8,792 | $945 | -89.3% |
Duncan-Nelson Farms, LLC | $2,474 | $938 | -62.1% |
Georgia Warren | $1,266 | $936 | -26.1% |
Janyce Bertolero | $1,266 | $936 | -26.1% |
Stephen Barnhart | $0 | $935 | -- |
Mary Kennedy | $11,508 | $912 | -92.1% |
Darrel Santala | $1,864 | $904 | -51.5% |
Nina Green | $1,089 | $904 | -17% |
Phyllis Elaine Cook | $1,438 | $845 | -41.2% |
Craig Christensen | $43,081 | $841 | -98% |
Kenneth L. Butcher | $2,018 | $825 | -59.1% |
Brian Gies | $1,920 | $817 | -57.4% |
Lisa J. Schuler | $0 | $808 | -- |
David F. Tester | $1,004 | $793 | -21% |
William Boekel | $8,274 | $780 | -90.6% |
Darin R. Butterfield | $1,683 | $778 | -53.8% |
Lawrence Singer - Lawrence Singer Revocable TST | $0 | $774 | -- |
Pryor Living Trust | $0 | $743 | -- |
Charles L. Morris | $825 | $706 | -14.4% |
Michael Hough | $1,325 | $671 | -49.4% |
Elda Mae Hardin | $1,280 | $670 | -47.7% |
David Gustin | $2,827 | $658 | -76.7% |
Wilbert Brown | $1,260 | $652 | -48.3% |
Chris Muench | $0 | $614 | -- |
The Chad Lee Schaff IRR Trust | $934 | $605 | -35.2% |
Robin K. Kimball | $1,528 | $598 | -60.9% |
Neil Madsen | $1,171 | $584 | -50.1% |
Michelle Desmet | $4,193 | $582 | -86.1% |
Many Rivers, LLC | $0 | $578 | -- |
Andrea Sime | $576 | $576 | 0% |
Gary E. Cook | $1,170 | $570 | -51.3% |
Glenn E. Fetter | $777 | $521 | -32.9% |
Charlene R. Conley | $2,027 | $510 | -74.8% |
Chad R. Ebert | $947 | $508 | -46.4% |
Doma Coffee Roasting Company | $0 | $500 | -- |
Kessinger Family Trust | $481 | $491 | 2.1% |
Betty Woodard | $1,172 | $470 | -59.9% |
Woodworth Cattle Company, LLC | $2,079 | $469 | -77.4% |
Janice A. Hoppes | $0 | $468 | -- |
Connie Lute Trust | $432 | $433 | 0.2% |
Margaret Lute Trust | $432 | $433 | 0.2% |
Ellen Booker | $2,103 | $402 | -80.9% |
Rrekled Properties Todd Stam Sole MBR, LLC | $774 | $395 | -49% |
Dan Hutchins | $239 | $394 | 64.9% |
June A. Jahns | $706 | $389 | -44.9% |
John Myhre | $735 | $383 | -47.9% |
George H. Johnson | $0 | $376 | -- |
Darin R Bilstad | $414 | $373 | -9.9% |
James C. Sibley | $1,640 | $370 | -77.4% |
Carl Critz | $2,110 | $366 | -82.7% |
Red Canoe Farms, LLC | $5,222 | $365 | -93% |
Ed Brett | $744 | $364 | -51.1% |
Mandy L. Love | $230 | $332 | 44.3% |
Mary F. Mooney | $572 | $316 | -44.8% |
Robert Dennler | $2,286 | $302 | -86.8% |
Melanie A. van Dyk | $415 | $269 | -35.2% |
Janice Eckhart | $1,004 | $253 | -74.8% |
Lee Peone | $439 | $249 | -43.3% |
Cheryl Hurley | $508 | $248 | -51.2% |
Richard J. May | $508 | $248 | -51.2% |
Rhonda Hansen | $1,703 | $218 | -87.2% |
Alan J. Hansen | $0 | $213 | -- |
Brenda Morris | $403 | $212 | -47.4% |
Dennis Scott Mellick | $403 | $212 | -47.4% |
Debra K. Oberhofer | $411 | $195 | -52.6% |
Hayden Village, LLC | $375 | $191 | -49.1% |
John A. McQuigg | $462 | $190 | -58.9% |
Mavis L. Jensen | $0 | $188 | -- |
Taylored Cattle | $1,980 | $173 | -91.3% |
Gary Reichelt | $297 | $167 | -43.8% |
Mark Hutchins | $318 | $165 | -48.1% |
Jeanette S. Tallent | $314 | $159 | -49.4% |
Jacqui Dodd-Duran | $1,148 | $157 | -86.3% |
Charles Leeper | $319 | $157 | -50.8% |
Orvis Wilmes Jr. | $289 | $141 | -51.2% |
Mary Lou Bunn | $207 | $135 | -34.8% |
George H. Miller | $234 | $134 | -42.7% |
Mitzi Henderson | $94 | $125 | 33% |
Alton Akers | $254 | $124 | -51.2% |
Rob Dodd | $639 | $121 | -81.1% |
Matheney Farms, LLC | $166 | $120 | -27.7% |
Estate of Wesstelle E. Fleener | $0 | $116 | -- |
Kathryn A. Burton | $299 | $106 | -64.5% |
Steven Hicks | $213 | $104 | -51.2% |
Ilene Shirts | $551 | $73 | -86.8% |
Chad Burd | $73 | $73 | 0% |
Nixon Brothers | $192 | $73 | -62% |
Doug Renfrew | $144 | $71 | -50.7% |
Janet Reagan | $118 | $71 | -39.8% |
Dee Ann W. Rice | $135 | $70 | -48.1% |
Janet M. Bonser | $67 | $62 | -7.5% |
Sara A. Klumpe | $123 | $46 | -62.6% |
Sheila K. Boyce | $505 | $43 | -91.5% |
John Cady | $1,724 | $26 | -98.5% |
Brent Cornelison | $4,906 | $0 | -100% |
Ethan Cornelison | $4,865 | $0 | -100% |
Jeffrey Gates | $24 | $0 | -100% |
Luke Womochil | $8,632 | $0 | -100% |
Sheryl Cornelison | $4,939 | $0 | -100% |
Armstrong Farm, LLC | $15,922 | $0 | -100% |
Betz Graham-Idaho, LLC | $216 | $0 | -100% |
Cynthia Froehlich | $3,591 | $0 | -100% |
Dawn R. Mack | $449 | $0 | -100% |
Dylan Schols | $18,766 | $0 | -100% |
Fern E. Mascarella | $7,535 | $0 | -100% |
Glenda M Empsall | $3,767 | $0 | -100% |
Glock Farm, LLC | $10,588 | $0 | -100% |
Hatch Family Fishing, LLC | $102,991 | $0 | -100% |
Hatch Marine Enterprise, LLC | $48,176 | $0 | -100% |
Kirk & Virginia Hughes Revocable Intervivos Trust | $92 | $0 | -100% |
Kristyn R. Aalto | $552 | $0 | -100% |
Montgomery L. Garman | $177 | $0 | -100% |
Nixon Drainage District No One | $8,433 | $0 | -100% |
Paul M. Sutton | $133,338 | $0 | -100% |
Stephanie Couchigian | $449 | $0 | -100% |
Welch Family Trust 2005 | $12,020 | $0 | -100% |
Winifred Hobbs Living Trust | $3,981 | $0 | -100% |
Albert Hunger | $3,197 | $0 | -100% |
Delbert Kerr | $427 | $0 | -100% |
Henderson Family Trust | $4,675 | $0 | -100% |
Jacquot Farm Enterprise | $442 | $0 | -100% |
James K. Kravik | $697 | $0 | -100% |
Jean L. Trent | $6,447 | $0 | -100% |
Karen Smith | $1,995 | $0 | -100% |
Raymond J Cummings Living Trust U | $2,856 | $0 | -100% |
Vicki Howerton | $467 | $0 | -100% |
Alan J. Hansen | $233 | $0 | -100% |
B of Robert & Page Lee Family Trustee | $5,572 | $0 | -100% |
Flathead Lake Orchard Management | $16,945 | $0 | -100% |
Lolo Orchards, LLC | $36,383 | $0 | -100% |
Mearl Holland Family Legacy, LLC | $10,472 | $0 | -100% |
Daryl Hochhalter | $4,303 | $0 | -100% |
Ersness-Swanson, Inc. | $631 | $0 | -100% |
Harold and Geraldine Nelson Revoc | $10,646 | $0 | -100% |
Henderson Partnership | $4,854 | $0 | -100% |
Jesse Mingus | $3,633 | $0 | -100% |
Roger & Lois Agte Living Trust | $830 | $0 | -100% |
Ronald Flerchinger | $1,750 | $0 | -100% |
Wesstelle Fleener | $106 | $0 | -100% |
Wesstelle Fleener Estate | $214 | $0 | -100% |
Goldie a Conklin Testamentary Trustee | $9,667 | $0 | -100% |
Hidden Valley, LLC | $54 | $0 | -100% |
Jeff Hutchins | $244 | $0 | -100% |
Roberts Daughters, LLC | $20,174 | $0 | -100% |
Total subsidies | $3,163,482 | $2,774,884 | -12.3% |