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In 2021, 271 farmers in cities within Kiowa County received a total of $9.5 million in 763 farm subsidies, a 29.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13.4 million in 996 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 Kiowa County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reystead Family Partnership | $633,542 | $537,280 | -15.2% |
| Tri-County Farms, GP | $633,085 | $419,750 | -33.7% |
| T T & G Farms PTR | $404,666 | $345,428 | -14.6% |
| JLD Gen PTR | $465,055 | $283,429 | -39.1% |
| Mark Sanders | $306,901 | $236,042 | -23.1% |
| Diane Sanders | $320,810 | $230,125 | -28.3% |
| SS Shiloh PTR | $257,064 | $190,119 | -26% |
| Burl M. Scherler | $261,362 | $181,096 | -30.7% |
| Catherine Scherler | $261,359 | $181,038 | -30.7% |
| J & L Farms PTR | $221,186 | $175,384 | -20.7% |
| Thunderbird Petroleum Products, LLC | $280,335 | $171,812 | -38.7% |
| Britten Gold Track Farms | $197,442 | $164,101 | -16.9% |
| Robert G. Weber | $367,433 | $154,422 | -58% |
| Everett W. Tallman | $184,722 | $149,101 | -19.3% |
| Jay D. Specht | $96,494 | $134,393 | 39.3% |
| Paul B. Zimmerman | $152,637 | $116,532 | -23.7% |
| Renee' Zimmerman | $152,799 | $116,529 | -23.7% |
| Bradley W. Buck | $195,966 | $112,144 | -42.8% |
| Jimmy R. Brown | $226,223 | $110,828 | -51% |
| Shotton Farms, Inc. | $80,708 | $103,185 | 27.8% |
| Kelvin Schmidt | $115,180 | $102,908 | -10.7% |
| Douglas Tallman | $123,511 | $98,839 | -20% |
| Jeffrey D. Salisbury | $129,670 | $97,761 | -24.6% |
| Delton L. Eikenberg | $101,656 | $88,868 | -12.6% |
| Chris P. Tallman | $115,392 | $88,811 | -23% |
| Michael L. Zimmerman | $67,156 | $88,198 | 31.3% |
| Chad Rouse | $95,700 | $84,454 | -11.8% |
| Weber Farm, LLC | $98,204 | $81,427 | -17.1% |
| D o. Carroll 'Neal | $102,382 | $78,367 | -23.5% |
| Milton Craig Kerfoot | $91,359 | $74,789 | -18.1% |
| Faithwalk Farms, Inc. | $112,203 | $73,325 | -34.6% |
| JMZ Farms, LLC | $88,553 | $73,052 | -17.5% |
| Mary Joann Tallman | $82,753 | $68,847 | -16.8% |
| Ronald K. Howe | $84,866 | $66,751 | -21.3% |
| Charles Roger Saffer | $63,133 | $65,644 | 4% |
| Trosper Farms, Inc. | $74,092 | $64,655 | -12.7% |
| RTH Farms, LLC | $102,677 | $63,580 | -38.1% |
| Jay D. Wilson Jr. | $79,828 | $63,245 | -20.8% |
| Marvin J. Koeller | $106,236 | $63,239 | -40.5% |
| Kathryn Weber-Specht | $86,131 | $61,605 | -28.5% |
| Michael Arns | $80,929 | $60,675 | -25% |
| Love M. Liebl | $77,484 | $59,348 | -23.4% |
| Dreama R. Buck | $105,070 | $58,322 | -44.5% |
| Brown & Sons, Inc. | $56,484 | $57,290 | 1.4% |
| Robert Rittgers | $90,300 | $55,936 | -38.1% |
| Marlynn K Eikenberg | $61,289 | $52,599 | -14.2% |
| 7 J Farms, LLC | $51,239 | $51,482 | 0.5% |
| Tyler Salisbury | $53,545 | $51,242 | -4.3% |
| Theresia Elizabeth Kerfoot | $55,182 | $50,896 | -7.8% |
| David Stavely | $135,001 | $50,743 | -62.4% |
| Double S Farm & Ranch | $77,480 | $49,053 | -36.7% |
| Merle Shalberg | $63,638 | $48,854 | -23.2% |
| V Plus V Farms-Ein | $31,502 | $48,583 | 54.2% |
| John C. Kreutzer | $91,804 | $48,018 | -47.7% |
| Ralph Berry | $78,882 | $47,473 | -39.8% |
| Charles Lee Stavely | $129,393 | $46,626 | -64% |
| David Ansley | $137,699 | $45,887 | -66.7% |
| Evan Hopkins | $61,342 | $45,287 | -26.2% |
| Craig Williams | $60,564 | $45,157 | -25.4% |
| Suzanne L. Williams | $60,521 | $45,125 | -25.4% |
| Sandy Trail Ranch | $105,877 | $43,881 | -58.6% |
| Larry A. Koeller | $64,968 | $43,521 | -33% |
| Linda L. Trosper | $49,099 | $43,309 | -11.8% |
| E H Tallman Farms, Inc. | $58,041 | $42,155 | -27.4% |
| Jay P. Stum | $13,707 | $41,749 | 204.6% |
| James E. Bendorf | $40,831 | $40,831 | 0% |
| Providence Farms, LLC | $31,483 | $40,804 | 29.6% |
| Mark Weirich | $59,806 | $40,697 | -32% |
| Wade Adam Jacobs | $83,701 | $40,483 | -51.6% |
| Louis James Jr. | $142,317 | $40,370 | -71.6% |
| Debra S. Ellison | $43,600 | $39,433 | -9.6% |
| William F. Wilcox | $70,087 | $39,044 | -44.3% |
| Michael Weirich | $51,564 | $38,921 | -24.5% |
| Tyler Wade Rouse | $44,735 | $37,735 | -15.6% |
| Rod Brown | $54,589 | $36,769 | -32.6% |
| Bill Trosper | $59,626 | $36,453 | -38.9% |
| Charles R. Crockett | $65,958 | $36,308 | -45% |
| Patrick Scott Briggs | $35,425 | $35,425 | 0% |
| Charles Jamie Crockett | $54,489 | $35,205 | -35.4% |
| Glen Davis | $72,986 | $35,151 | -51.8% |
| Deborah Davis | $72,693 | $35,134 | -51.7% |
| Duane W Salisbury Fam Trust | $0 | $34,481 | -- |
| Gilbert Brown | $24,936 | $34,162 | 37% |
| Gary D. Tuttle | $35,966 | $33,989 | -5.5% |
| Julian Q. Zimmerman | $30,959 | $33,872 | 9.4% |
| Phyllis Lane | $42,157 | $33,720 | -20% |
| Betty A. Frazee | $52,936 | $33,673 | -36.4% |
| Louis R. Brown | $40,225 | $33,411 | -16.9% |
| Denis Weber - Denis & Theresa Weber RL Trust | $33,353 | $33,353 | 0% |
| Darwin J. Nelson | $43,606 | $33,320 | -23.6% |
| Rodney Shivers | $40,193 | $33,143 | -17.5% |
| Jacob Fehr | $0 | $33,010 | -- |
| Kim G. Harkness | $58,023 | $32,095 | -44.7% |
| Marcie M. Harkness | $58,010 | $32,063 | -44.7% |
| Jack J. Dixon | $38,908 | $31,628 | -18.7% |
| Brandon Reystead | $36,546 | $31,391 | -14.1% |
| Lawrence Munsch | $40,922 | $28,821 | -29.6% |
| The Harley and Edith Koeller Living Trust, Dated March 2, 20 | $42,441 | $28,289 | -33.3% |
| Lindholm Farm, LLC | $36,383 | $27,417 | -24.6% |
| Charla Dunlap | $31,276 | $27,302 | -12.7% |
| Derek Shotton | $39,119 | $27,030 | -30.9% |
| Susan M. Specht | $8,242 | $26,824 | 225.5% |
| Ann Kreutzer | $31,924 | $26,801 | -16% |
| Codye Reystead | $21,005 | $25,278 | 20.3% |
| Helen D Specht Trust No 1 | $14,734 | $25,027 | 69.9% |
| Randy C. Williams | $33,275 | $24,826 | -25.4% |
| Benny Frey | $31,261 | $24,542 | -21.5% |
| Leo M. Specht | $30,364 | $24,542 | -19.2% |
| Tylin Williams | $28,136 | $23,622 | -16% |
| Sharon L. Wilson | $22,030 | $23,251 | 5.5% |
| Charlotte Tallman | $28,214 | $23,199 | -17.8% |
| Brandon Ferris | $22,104 | $22,993 | 4% |
| Lane T. Gooden | $48,288 | $22,249 | -53.9% |
| Jayce Negley | $26,767 | $21,653 | -19.1% |
| Sam Nelson | $36,456 | $21,297 | -41.6% |
| Dee L. Billheimer | $30,450 | $20,431 | -32.9% |
| Kyle Barnett | $33,625 | $20,183 | -40% |
| Frances Lee Larrew | $38,998 | $20,098 | -48.5% |
| DGB Farming, LLC | $20,027 | $20,027 | 0% |
| Joe Mayo | $55,258 | $19,714 | -64.3% |
| William A. Barnett | $31,914 | $19,469 | -39% |
| Terry Brown | $39,184 | $18,079 | -53.9% |
| Keith Uhland | $16,131 | $17,559 | 8.9% |
| Viola M. Salisbury | $16,922 | $16,922 | 0% |
| Glenn S Specht Revocable Trust | $20,828 | $16,016 | -23.1% |
| U Land, LLC | $0 | $15,984 | -- |
| H Abrams Loap'n Ranch, LLC | $40,303 | $15,974 | -60.4% |
| Barbara J. Wilson | $17,525 | $15,964 | -8.9% |
| Liebl Farms, Inc. | $34,894 | $15,824 | -54.7% |
| Sibcy Enterprises, Inc. | $9,556 | $15,799 | 65.3% |
| Connie J. Shotton | $25,823 | $15,728 | -39.1% |
| Deborah Gooden | $41,418 | $15,704 | -62.1% |
| Mark Nelson | $24,225 | $15,671 | -35.3% |
| Delmas Beaman Revocable Trust | $15,286 | $14,712 | -3.8% |
| Kenneth Jacobs | $28,588 | $14,435 | -49.5% |
| Lori Richardson | $20,188 | $14,251 | -29.4% |
| Darrell Koch | $16,483 | $14,147 | -14.2% |
| Monte Richardson | $19,341 | $14,058 | -27.3% |
| Debra A. Immer | $13,722 | $13,722 | 0% |
| Donald L. Spady | $15,070 | $13,276 | -11.9% |
| Arthur a Blooding & DGHTS, Inc. | $16,575 | $13,218 | -20.3% |
| Rodney D. Hopkins | $17,269 | $12,575 | -27.2% |
| Levi Mark Sanders | $2,905 | $12,474 | 329.4% |
| Scott R Gyurman | $2,713 | $12,295 | 353.2% |
| Don Duane Stoker | $15,966 | $11,703 | -26.7% |
| Hunter Uhland | $15,920 | $11,525 | -27.6% |
| Terri L. Salisbury | $11,414 | $11,414 | 0% |
| Rex Eugene O'Neal | $23,277 | $11,370 | -51.2% |
| Tiffany Rouse | $16,981 | $11,019 | -35.1% |
| Amanda L. Brown | $0 | $10,851 | -- |
| Elda E. Stavely | $97,563 | $10,738 | -89% |
| Delores Leona Eikenberg Estate | $19,611 | $10,669 | -45.6% |
| Marsha L. Siefkas | $10,906 | $10,407 | -4.6% |
| Sandra S. Stum | $10,232 | $10,233 | 0% |
| Bernice O Tuttle Rev Trust--Irr | $9,787 | $10,191 | 4.1% |
| Daniel Specht | $9,032 | $10,189 | 12.8% |
| Cole A. Younger | $4,933 | $10,169 | 106.1% |
| Rooney Fehr-Unger | $0 | $10,089 | -- |
| Nee Noshe Farms Partnership | $22,333 | $10,070 | -54.9% |
| Glory Farms, LLC | $13,692 | $9,983 | -27.1% |
| William N. Woelk | $10,152 | $9,684 | -4.6% |
| Douglas J. Hume | $19,295 | $9,400 | -51.3% |
| Charlotte L. Woelk | $9,397 | $9,397 | 0% |
| Lana Brown | $18,481 | $9,383 | -49.2% |
| M and P Farms, Inc. | $14,620 | $9,164 | -37.3% |
| Jeremiah G. Liebl | $9,101 | $9,101 | 0% |
| Destiny D. Haase | $17,366 | $9,099 | -47.6% |
| Cherie Turner | $16,798 | $9,094 | -45.9% |
| Judith M. Splitter | $9,815 | $9,075 | -7.5% |
| Matthew Samuel Sanders | $360 | $8,113 | 2,153.6% |
| Dennis Ferris | $13,250 | $8,048 | -39.3% |
| Steve Uhland | $14,644 | $7,881 | -46.2% |
| Cheri Hopkins | $9,308 | $7,759 | -16.6% |
| Nelson Farm, Corp. | $9,639 | $7,642 | -20.7% |
| Branden D. Dunlap | $26,394 | $7,501 | -71.6% |
| Zach Kopasz | $51,041 | $7,464 | -85.4% |
| Debbie Reystead | $7,390 | $7,390 | 0% |
| Mike Reystead | $7,390 | $7,390 | 0% |
| Kirk A. Barlow | $16,607 | $7,337 | -55.8% |
| Kevin mc Vicker | $4,430 | $7,333 | 65.5% |
| Matt Snider | $3,510 | $7,073 | 101.5% |
| Steven Widener | $34,939 | $7,053 | -79.8% |
| Rush Creek Agent, LLC | $41,389 | $6,719 | -83.8% |
| Cardon G. Berry | $13,229 | $6,623 | -49.9% |
| Charles Crow | $6,529 | $6,529 | 0% |
| Tallman Brothers PTR | $12,194 | $6,136 | -49.7% |
| Dem Cattle Company, LLC | $16,297 | $6,046 | -62.9% |
| Laning Peterson | $41,090 | $5,954 | -85.5% |
| Glenn S. Specht | $2,267 | $5,823 | 156.9% |
| Milton Watts | $18,592 | $5,755 | -69% |
| Denise Nelson | $6,298 | $5,626 | -10.7% |
| Garold Roy Deines | $10,343 | $5,520 | -46.6% |
| Jw Ellis | $9,679 | $5,445 | -43.7% |
| Sharon C. Arns | $8,201 | $5,351 | -34.8% |
| Kathryn Rittgers | $5,302 | $5,350 | 0.9% |
| Vincent Koeller | $38,609 | $5,235 | -86.4% |
| Mike Weeks | $14,043 | $5,036 | -64.1% |
| John David Adamson | $5,138 | $4,918 | -4.3% |
| Joyce Berry | $13,229 | $4,829 | -63.5% |
| Betsy A. Barnett | $4,677 | $4,677 | 0% |
| Marty L. Barnett | $4,677 | $4,677 | 0% |
| Blayne W. Batterton | $37,859 | $4,463 | -88.2% |
| Timothy L. Trosper | $6,124 | $4,375 | -28.6% |
| Shane Lessenden | $8,502 | $4,020 | -52.7% |
| Trosper Brothers, Inc. | $3,834 | $3,834 | 0% |
| Mike Schneider Custom, LLC | $1,540 | $3,592 | 133.2% |
| Pattie Richardson | $0 | $3,542 | -- |
| Thomas A. Adamson | $967 | $3,474 | 259.3% |
| Linda Offill | $5,779 | $3,413 | -40.9% |
| Jag, Inc. | $4,940 | $3,392 | -31.3% |
| Artie Lane | $7,082 | $3,380 | -52.3% |
| Robert L. McDaniel | $1,872 | $3,370 | 80% |
| Jeff Lane | $5,139 | $3,329 | -35.2% |
| Danny L Weisdorfer | $9,814 | $3,276 | -66.6% |
| Dwight H Lessenden | $4,260 | $3,266 | -23.3% |
| Lucy Barnett | $3,245 | $3,245 | 0% |
| Riki Elizabeth Cordova | $3,782 | $3,119 | -17.5% |
| Shirley Nelson | $3,095 | $3,095 | 0% |
| Phyllis G. Nelson | $5,055 | $3,043 | -39.8% |
| Dawna Peck | $2,833 | $2,833 | 0% |
| D. L. Weeks | $4,484 | $2,830 | -36.9% |
| P and M Farms, Inc. | $29,130 | $2,796 | -90.4% |
| Cody Ray Cordova | $3,760 | $2,747 | -26.9% |
| Michael K. Splitter | $2,522 | $2,697 | 6.9% |
| Barbara A. O'Neal | $2,673 | $2,673 | 0% |
| Tyler Hainer | $10,317 | $2,561 | -75.2% |
| Dawna L. Weirich | $8,292 | $2,560 | -69.1% |
| Terry Laird | $6,434 | $2,361 | -63.3% |
| Donald Butler | $3,892 | $2,277 | -41.5% |
| Diana Britten Billheimer - Diana J Billheimer Trust 1 | $0 | $2,100 | -- |
| Ryan Britten | $3,302 | $1,798 | -45.5% |
| David Murdock | $3,462 | $1,693 | -51.1% |
| Jason Michael Specht | $967 | $1,687 | 74.5% |
| Greg Shalberg | $8,412 | $1,643 | -80.5% |
| Thomas Kenan Gooden | $7,931 | $1,603 | -79.8% |
| GKH Trust, Dated Dec. 19, 2007 | $2,202 | $1,575 | -28.5% |
| Harkness Trust, Dated April 20, 2010 | $2,446 | $1,435 | -41.3% |
| Penny Smith | $1,850 | $1,425 | -23% |
| Trenton James Mitchek | $6,399 | $1,385 | -78.4% |
| Gary Crow | $1,623 | $1,312 | -19.2% |
| Pam Crow | $1,622 | $1,312 | -19.1% |
| Mary L. Williams | $2,219 | $1,307 | -41.1% |
| Tearle E Lessenden | $3,069 | $1,178 | -61.6% |
| Shelby Britten | $12,977 | $1,163 | -91% |
| Courtney Tallman | $3,414 | $1,148 | -66.4% |
| Dusty Eikenberg | $4,839 | $1,107 | -77.1% |
| Holly Jean Mitchek | $658 | $1,095 | 66.4% |
| Nathaniel Mitchek | $659 | $1,095 | 66.2% |
| Loren Lee Patterson | $916 | $916 | 0% |
| Skyler S. Weeks | $4,366 | $889 | -79.6% |
| Jeffrey T. Myers | $0 | $888 | -- |
| Nicholas A. Johnson | $1,964 | $700 | -64.4% |
| Kevin W. Brown | $3,347 | $606 | -81.9% |
| Lennie Verhoeff | $3,723 | $599 | -83.9% |
| Ladawne Britten | $0 | $598 | -- |
| Doris Lessenden | $408 | $560 | 37.3% |
| Judy K. Jacobs | $1,714 | $520 | -69.7% |
| Theresa M. Weber | $1,481 | $396 | -73.3% |
| Kimberly S. Harris | $2,301 | $362 | -84.3% |
| Rick Harris | $2,301 | $362 | -84.3% |
| Delores L. Eikenberg | $0 | $340 | -- |
| Northbranch Ranch, LLC | $683 | $336 | -50.8% |
| Timothy Atchity | $0 | $303 | -- |
| Randy D. Larrew | $440 | $297 | -32.5% |
| Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation | $2,234 | $234 | -89.5% |
| Darci L. Johnson | $1,334 | $218 | -83.7% |
| Patricia Roper | $0 | $172 | -- |
| Bailee Reystead | $726 | $146 | -79.9% |
| Kinslee Reystead | $726 | $146 | -79.9% |
| Eunice M. Weber | $312 | $103 | -67% |
| Gilbert Brown Estate | $0 | $68 | -- |
| Billie Jean Gooden Estate | $33,128 | $0 | -100% |
| Blue Roof Hydro Farm | $4,070 | $0 | -100% |
| C Harvey Hollis Rev Trust Dated Nov 26, 2012 | $2,119 | $0 | -100% |
| Gay Uhland | $2,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey S. Uhland | $2,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom F Gooden Family Trust | $1,357 | $0 | -100% |
| Tylor Ray Swopes | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Smith | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Trenton Harold Hajek | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Kara Wilson | $253 | $0 | -100% |
| Ty Wilson | $253 | $0 | -100% |
| Amy Schmidt | $2,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $13,444,577 | $9,524,293 | -29.2% |
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