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In 2021, 292 farmers in cities within DeWitt County received a total of $1.4 million in 447 farm subsidies, a 56.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.3 million in 776 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 DeWitt County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael K. Taylor | $232,094 | $70,713 | -69.5% |
| Aaron Wade Koopmann | $120,725 | $56,373 | -53.3% |
| Scott Hall Land & Cattle Company LP | $0 | $54,768 | -- |
| Benjamin D. Hahn | $108,028 | $47,610 | -55.9% |
| Ray Kelley | $49,088 | $46,098 | -6.1% |
| Joseph J. Respondek | $90,423 | $43,720 | -51.6% |
| J P Cattle Company, LLC | $192,065 | $38,418 | -80% |
| Benjamin J Jendrzey | $72,624 | $38,337 | -47.2% |
| Harlan Metting | $0 | $28,875 | -- |
| Errol John Dietze | $34,847 | $26,193 | -24.8% |
| Crosstimbers | $0 | $25,246 | -- |
| Leroy Landgrebe | $38,641 | $22,653 | -41.4% |
| Tim W Strieber | $56,531 | $22,311 | -60.5% |
| Lance A. Mueller | $27,258 | $22,183 | -18.6% |
| William Warwas | $53,225 | $21,357 | -59.9% |
| Nolan D. Jacob | $12,423 | $20,751 | 67% |
| Thomas Gwosdz | $29,914 | $19,422 | -35.1% |
| Robert Bitterly | $67,915 | $16,397 | -75.9% |
| Mark Doehrman | $38,311 | $15,802 | -58.8% |
| Tyler Reed Strieber | $30,520 | $14,707 | -51.8% |
| Kay Tillman | $15,159 | $14,414 | -4.9% |
| Don A. Janssen | $22,705 | $13,973 | -38.5% |
| Cynthia Strait | $14,326 | $12,832 | -10.4% |
| Wendel Dairy | $15,183 | $11,212 | -26.2% |
| Darwyn D Duderstadt | $1,074 | $11,173 | 940.3% |
| Brad Metting | $0 | $11,110 | -- |
| Craig Duderstadt | $6,545 | $10,846 | 65.7% |
| Harold Joe Adams Jr. | $0 | $10,451 | -- |
| Lovel A. Blain III | $46,323 | $10,088 | -78.2% |
| Jeanette M. Mitchell | $6,612 | $10,041 | 51.9% |
| Raymond Arnold | $9,543 | $9,638 | 1% |
| Obert Sagebiel | $11,161 | $9,603 | -14% |
| Douglas and Ruby E Sansom Living Trust | $0 | $9,466 | -- |
| Alvin Jendrzey | $13,742 | $9,424 | -31.4% |
| Kevin J Styra | $12,960 | $9,159 | -29.3% |
| Monte J. Jacoby | $41,374 | $8,631 | -79.1% |
| Andres Albarado Jr. | $18,140 | $8,610 | -52.5% |
| Finley N. Blackwell | $42,094 | $8,464 | -79.9% |
| Jim F. Lane | $8,767 | $8,446 | -3.7% |
| Melvin F. Oehlke | $0 | $8,415 | -- |
| Tracy L. Metting | $33,511 | $8,355 | -75.1% |
| Thomas P. Kilgore | $3,564 | $8,291 | 132.6% |
| Derek R. Franke | $0 | $8,213 | -- |
| Darrell W. Morrow | $15,436 | $7,950 | -48.5% |
| Alma J Goehring - Willie & Alma Jean Goehring Rev | $0 | $7,875 | -- |
| Tyler L. Luddeke | $38,016 | $7,872 | -79.3% |
| Jacob A. Startz | $12,276 | $7,511 | -38.8% |
| James L. Moeller | $15,617 | $7,213 | -53.8% |
| Wayne Wolf | $19,146 | $7,084 | -63% |
| John May | $0 | $7,000 | -- |
| Keith Allen Corporon | $8,140 | $6,737 | -17.2% |
| Harvey J. Stary | $9,508 | $6,566 | -30.9% |
| James Menn | $0 | $6,556 | -- |
| William White | $6,165 | $6,509 | 5.6% |
| Jordan Kleine Lehmberg | $26,704 | $6,219 | -76.7% |
| David W. Arndt | $34,415 | $6,103 | -82.3% |
| Cleburne Ben Colwell | $34,323 | $6,076 | -82.3% |
| Daniel J. Hahn | $26,491 | $6,001 | -77.3% |
| David Garcia | $7,456 | $5,995 | -19.6% |
| Lawrence L. Garrett | $13,598 | $5,907 | -56.6% |
| William R. Finney | $25,488 | $5,654 | -77.8% |
| Charles Nagel | $15,251 | $5,650 | -63% |
| David W Lassmann | $12,239 | $5,607 | -54.2% |
| Dennis Whitfield | $0 | $5,559 | -- |
| Richard a Gohmert | $32,584 | $5,497 | -83.1% |
| Bea Elaine Smith | $2,805 | $5,442 | 94% |
| Joseph Henry Warwas | $13,980 | $5,396 | -61.4% |
| Johnny Goebel | $10,281 | $5,380 | -47.7% |
| Harlen Merks | $11,095 | $5,334 | -51.9% |
| Clemens F. Waskow | $9,922 | $5,160 | -48% |
| Michael C. Arndt | $0 | $4,895 | -- |
| Donald S. Stevenson | $6,927 | $4,820 | -30.4% |
| Barbara Kuester | $6,593 | $4,801 | -27.2% |
| Wylee Clifton | $5,175 | $4,751 | -8.2% |
| Irish Creek Ranch, LLC | $0 | $4,738 | -- |
| David L. Richards | $46,856 | $4,735 | -89.9% |
| Arlen R. Parma | $9,243 | $4,671 | -49.5% |
| GFKS Cattle, LLC | $4,140 | $4,538 | 9.6% |
| Algerine R Vasbinder | $42,310 | $4,506 | -89.4% |
| Arthur R. Gonzales | $13,550 | $4,456 | -67.1% |
| Mr. Tim Scott Voelkel | $63,228 | $4,456 | -93% |
| Robert L. Angerstein | $10,653 | $4,424 | -58.5% |
| Warren Lemke | $0 | $4,400 | -- |
| Finley C. Frels | $4,605 | $4,373 | -5% |
| Chula Vista Ranch, LLC | $8,932 | $4,365 | -51.1% |
| Christopher Rath | $4,834 | $4,249 | -12.1% |
| Gregory John Nemec | $5,170 | $4,232 | -18.1% |
| Carlton a Bolting | $4,864 | $4,217 | -13.3% |
| Thomas L. Batts | $10,531 | $4,114 | -60.9% |
| Alice Rickman | $7,526 | $4,092 | -45.6% |
| Patricia Bassett | $6,057 | $4,014 | -33.7% |
| Harvey Mainka | $4,564 | $4,009 | -12.2% |
| Robert Drozd | $4,734 | $3,961 | -16.3% |
| By Faith Ranch, LLC | $2,310 | $3,891 | 68.4% |
| Gayla J Lassmann | $0 | $3,828 | -- |
| Susan Parma | $4,734 | $3,805 | -19.6% |
| Mary A. Blackwell | $15,504 | $3,778 | -75.6% |
| Erwin Schuenemann | $5,596 | $3,718 | -33.6% |
| Bart Goebel | $4,647 | $3,684 | -20.7% |
| Kraege Kent Wolpman | $9,865 | $3,647 | -63% |
| Jerry Grant | $5,137 | $3,515 | -31.6% |
| Allen R. Corporon | $3,025 | $3,459 | 14.3% |
| Lois Strieber | $14,421 | $3,414 | -76.3% |
| Emily Kleine Lehmberg | $11,359 | $3,409 | -70% |
| David W. Baros | $7,200 | $3,381 | -53% |
| Kenneth Schley | $14,815 | $3,332 | -77.5% |
| Steven Rau | $6,291 | $3,285 | -47.8% |
| Wesley Wisian | $47,890 | $3,179 | -93.4% |
| Glenna Parker Wolf Estate | $0 | $3,144 | -- |
| Marilyn J. Powell | $6,315 | $3,089 | -51.1% |
| Mark S. Sager | $10,232 | $3,054 | -70.2% |
| Laura Ann Whitson | $4,192 | $3,050 | -27.2% |
| Jonathan Weischwill | $18,617 | $3,041 | -83.7% |
| Jerome J Jendrzey | $3,734 | $3,038 | -18.6% |
| Trevor Schuenemann | $14,146 | $3,026 | -78.6% |
| Paul R. Lucas | $0 | $3,009 | -- |
| Gossett Family, Ltd. | $17,147 | $3,000 | -82.5% |
| Bryan K. Haun | $4,142 | $2,933 | -29.2% |
| Helen Whittington | $9,329 | $2,932 | -68.6% |
| Francis G Pavliska | $11,150 | $2,904 | -74% |
| Wayne Blank | $3,144 | $2,860 | -9% |
| Gustav a Person Jr. Estate | $4,277 | $2,859 | -33.2% |
| Stephen Rath | $4,358 | $2,852 | -34.6% |
| Michael J Gwosdz | $0 | $2,826 | -- |
| Hilmer G Person Estate | $5,013 | $2,749 | -45.2% |
| Patrick B. Elder | $7,759 | $2,621 | -66.2% |
| Robert Eugene Thamm | $5,134 | $2,615 | -49.1% |
| Robert Heyer | $0 | $2,582 | -- |
| Ralph A. Hartman III | $3,311 | $2,534 | -23.5% |
| David Vaughan Kelley | $8,169 | $2,520 | -69.2% |
| Keith W. Lemke | $2,145 | $2,520 | 17.5% |
| Rocking B Operations, LLC | $13,159 | $2,495 | -81% |
| Jordan Lassmann | $8,699 | $2,473 | -71.6% |
| Mike Kunetka | $5,533 | $2,417 | -56.3% |
| Paul Gaida | $0 | $2,395 | -- |
| Barbara Mueller | $8,773 | $2,361 | -73.1% |
| Edward S. Fuchs | $2,335 | $2,360 | 1.1% |
| Gary Henneke | $0 | $2,336 | -- |
| Robert L Ibrom | $6,567 | $2,309 | -64.8% |
| Daren J. Otto | $17,820 | $2,265 | -87.3% |
| Lou E. Gips | $4,365 | $2,243 | -48.6% |
| Joseph L. Sheppard III | $9,321 | $2,224 | -76.1% |
| Nadine Vernell Henneke | $3,531 | $2,223 | -37% |
| Arlen Goebel | $2,827 | $2,129 | -24.7% |
| Paul Edmondson | $11,998 | $2,115 | -82.4% |
| Arlen J. Leister | $10,000 | $2,110 | -78.9% |
| August Bade | $1,879 | $2,059 | 9.6% |
| Sandra E. Bitterly | $2,322 | $2,035 | -12.4% |
| Wanda S Kolodziejcyk | $0 | $1,972 | -- |
| Margaret Krause | $4,478 | $1,955 | -56.3% |
| Richard Bobby Schley | $2,607 | $1,932 | -25.9% |
| Allen J. Moeller | $8,565 | $1,906 | -77.7% |
| T D Dlugosch | $8,189 | $1,829 | -77.7% |
| James G Hunnam | $6,589 | $1,810 | -72.5% |
| John R. Blackwell | $10,554 | $1,724 | -83.7% |
| Craig A. Stuart | $6,955 | $1,594 | -77.1% |
| Kenneth J. Diebel | $0 | $1,585 | -- |
| Darrell Matejek | $3,300 | $1,577 | -52.2% |
| William Feldhousen | $11,566 | $1,570 | -86.4% |
| Leo J. Heinemann | $4,031 | $1,554 | -61.4% |
| Craig D. Arnold | $1,972 | $1,538 | -22% |
| Laura Sanders | $5,410 | $1,488 | -72.5% |
| Robert Eugene Kainer | $9,368 | $1,474 | -84.3% |
| Dale R. Horny | $6,169 | $1,446 | -76.6% |
| Larry W. Parma | $5,595 | $1,442 | -74.2% |
| Benny Franklin Ezzell | $7,880 | $1,426 | -81.9% |
| Gary D. Wisian | $1,100 | $1,426 | 29.6% |
| Veit Family Holdings LP | $6,205 | $1,419 | -77.1% |
| Randy Whitman | $975 | $1,400 | 43.6% |
| Collin Morgan | $5,909 | $1,391 | -76.5% |
| Kay Lentz | $6,894 | $1,379 | -80% |
| Charles Tod Slone | $8,131 | $1,360 | -83.3% |
| Peggy Ann Oliver | $2,530 | $1,350 | -46.6% |
| John R. Horny | $6,530 | $1,349 | -79.3% |
| Flavis Kozielski | $2,530 | $1,321 | -47.8% |
| Joycie Mae H Kahlich | $990 | $1,313 | 32.6% |
| Susan M. Burrows | $0 | $1,310 | -- |
| Kyle Dale Kerlick | $5,799 | $1,292 | -77.7% |
| Jimmy L. Waskow | $0 | $1,241 | -- |
| Robert J. Kirk | $9,369 | $1,230 | -86.9% |
| John Buckley | $5,637 | $1,210 | -78.5% |
| Sammy Leck | $5,524 | $1,193 | -78.4% |
| William P. Gips | $4,529 | $1,161 | -74.4% |
| Rodney Dale Bade | $5,542 | $1,123 | -79.7% |
| Gloria Myers A. Griffin | $5,145 | $1,094 | -78.7% |
| Marvin E. Sager | $5,003 | $1,057 | -78.9% |
| Rose M. Rath | $0 | $1,052 | -- |
| Christopher Jacob Carson | $2,926 | $1,051 | -64.1% |
| Lillie A. Schumacher | $1,342 | $1,043 | -22.3% |
| Quincey L. Whittington | $3,784 | $1,034 | -72.7% |
| Michael E. Franke | $5,694 | $1,027 | -82% |
| D & P Stanchos, LLC | $7,893 | $1,012 | -87.2% |
| Paul Person | $4,371 | $1,004 | -77% |
| Gordon L. Spies | $5,299 | $1,003 | -81.1% |
| Charles D. Lincke | $2,079 | $994 | -52.2% |
| Thomas H Trevilion | $1,232 | $984 | -20.1% |
| Michael Rath | $4,655 | $980 | -78.9% |
| Gary Parma | $4,080 | $978 | -76% |
| Jacquelyn Oubre | $0 | $977 | -- |
| Erwin Rath Jr. | $4,622 | $963 | -79.2% |
| Sherry K Buendel | $6,122 | $954 | -84.4% |
| Kenneth Klimitchek | $6,712 | $942 | -86% |
| Gordon Scott Sager | $2,512 | $925 | -63.2% |
| Ronald Primrose | $1,873 | $914 | -51.2% |
| Robert C. Urban | $6,558 | $906 | -86.2% |
| Richard Goebel | $4,129 | $882 | -78.6% |
| Bryan L. Smith | $2,772 | $873 | -68.5% |
| Dennie D. Bruns | $4,641 | $872 | -81.2% |
| Kyle Powers | $6,523 | $870 | -86.7% |
| William C. Davis III | $4,708 | $862 | -81.7% |
| Austin Klores | $5,412 | $838 | -84.5% |
| Mark Halepeska | $4,210 | $835 | -80.2% |
| Gregory Lynn Cartwright | $3,578 | $830 | -76.8% |
| Lloyd Copeland | $1,914 | $816 | -57.4% |
| Shane E. Buske | $5,227 | $816 | -84.4% |
| Allen Kolodziejcyk | $4,189 | $799 | -80.9% |
| Keith G Hunnam | $3,949 | $796 | -79.8% |
| Nelda Boehl | $3,991 | $795 | -80.1% |
| Carl West | $4,807 | $793 | -83.5% |
| Dennis William Schlinke | $3,674 | $790 | -78.5% |
| Gus Leck | $5,330 | $740 | -86.1% |
| Richard Flores | $3,355 | $740 | -77.9% |
| Cody Parma | $3,003 | $722 | -76% |
| Jeffrey D. Hutchison | $1,837 | $718 | -60.9% |
| Darren Wayne Franke | $0 | $683 | -- |
| Richard Filip | $3,285 | $680 | -79.3% |
| Ryan Keller | $3,887 | $675 | -82.6% |
| John E. Lee | $0 | $660 | -- |
| Paige Nyegaard | $4,612 | $654 | -85.8% |
| Allan R. Gasch Jr. | $8,184 | $651 | -92% |
| William Knox | $2,376 | $651 | -72.6% |
| Shane Kulik | $3,560 | $630 | -82.3% |
| Scott M Jendrzey | $1,540 | $629 | -59.2% |
| Klayton Smith | $1,411 | $625 | -55.7% |
| Kolton Smith | $1,411 | $625 | -55.7% |
| Dale A. Murray | $2,981 | $622 | -79.1% |
| John Timothy Bradley | $3,246 | $612 | -81.1% |
| Charles H. Ruppert | $2,811 | $610 | -78.3% |
| Amy Janssen | $2,544 | $606 | -76.2% |
| Frank Russell Flack II | $4,079 | $602 | -85.2% |
| Anthony Whittington | $0 | $596 | -- |
| Michael David Stubbs | $744 | $589 | -20.8% |
| Richard N. Carbonara | $2,435 | $586 | -75.9% |
| William R. Carbonara | $2,590 | $586 | -77.4% |
| Colt T. Deming | $4,933 | $557 | -88.7% |
| Darren Franke | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Casey Rae Wagener | $1,144 | $547 | -52.2% |
| Debra Primrose | $0 | $541 | -- |
| Lela Mae Ruppert | $2,646 | $528 | -80% |
| James Hugh Myers | $3,783 | $506 | -86.6% |
| James M. Baker | $1,848 | $502 | -72.8% |
| Morgan B. Goebel | $3,126 | $498 | -84.1% |
| Roger Herwig | $2,244 | $481 | -78.6% |
| Brian K. Baros | $660 | $472 | -28.5% |
| Ronald Roecker | $2,598 | $470 | -81.9% |
| Linda L Hunnam | $2,453 | $467 | -81% |
| Natho Hill Top Farm, LLC | $1,810 | $458 | -74.7% |
| Brandon Blain | $2,915 | $436 | -85% |
| Toby Frederick | $2,519 | $436 | -82.7% |
| Lucius D. Pease | $1,922 | $432 | -77.5% |
| Jason Andrew Bade | $1,543 | $431 | -72.1% |
| Lee Caton Potts | $1,485 | $413 | -72.2% |
| Carl Eichhorn | $2,630 | $411 | -84.4% |
| Trent Kainer | $990 | $408 | -58.8% |
| Dennis Jemelka | $4,744 | $404 | -91.5% |
| James Simon Broll | $1,727 | $367 | -78.7% |
| James E. Natho | $2,235 | $361 | -83.8% |
| Robert R. Roller | $2,308 | $360 | -84.4% |
| Roger W. Weise | $1,384 | $356 | -74.3% |
| Alvin Kolodziejcyk JR | $2,315 | $342 | -85.2% |
| James E. Wolf III | $1,151 | $341 | -70.4% |
| Mary Ann Calderon | $1,145 | $338 | -70.5% |
| Gloria J. Clements | $1,703 | $332 | -80.5% |
| Troy Fuchs | $1,210 | $318 | -73.7% |
| Clifton James Jacob | $716 | $312 | -56.4% |
| Joann Crenshaw | $828 | $297 | -64.1% |
| Jeff Jacob | $1,408 | $280 | -80.1% |
| Jaime Gonzales | $1,541 | $270 | -82.5% |
| Lucille E. Moeller | $1,089 | $228 | -79.1% |
| Vernon Schumacher | $847 | $221 | -73.9% |
| Stephanie Bade Rauch | $935 | $208 | -77.8% |
| James Todd Semper Sr. | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| Ernest J. Parma | $968 | $190 | -80.4% |
| Calvin G. Ahrens | $1,329 | $184 | -86.2% |
| Allen E. Myers | $583 | $180 | -69.1% |
| Roland D Striedel | $539 | $173 | -67.9% |
| Jeanette Mitchell | $0 | $136 | -- |
| Cody Allen Garrett | $847 | $133 | -84.3% |
| Joshua L. Hernandez | $802 | $117 | -85.4% |
| Karen Garrett | $286 | $110 | -61.5% |
| Paul Duane Zaiontz | $539 | $87 | -83.9% |
| Crain Brothers Holdings, LLC | $560 | $18 | -96.8% |
| Arlyn J. Seiler | $3,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Helweg | $5,555 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Ann Vigus | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlie Rangnow | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Wessels | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Corporon | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis McReynolds | $2,868 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis W. Bade | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas and Ruby E Sansom Living | $4,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Lee | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Adams | $5,082 | $0 | -100% |
| John Thompson | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Henry | $5,060 | $0 | -100% |
| LK Cattle Company, LLC | $13,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Vavrusa | $5,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Alma J Goehring - Willie & Alma J | $9,382 | $0 | -100% |
| Doss Torrez | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| H. O. Byerly | $1,333 | $0 | -100% |
| Max D. Moeller | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Hall Land & Cattle Company | $103,639 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda E. Bade | $793 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas W. Franke | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Garland F Pakebusch | $2,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Geary L. Taylor | $1,547 | $0 | -100% |
| May Dell Jacob | $178 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard J Scherlen | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracie Fielding | $5,225 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,305,231 | $1,430,645 | -56.7% |
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